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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: White, Michael, 1959- Stephen Hawking. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, c1992 (OCoLC)625187862 |
| Named Person: | S W Hawking; Stephen W Hawking |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael White; John Gribbin |
| ISBN: | 0525934472 9780525934479 0452269881 9780452269880 0670840130 9780670840137 |
| OCLC Number: | 25204720 |
| Notes: | "Published in Great Britain by Penguin Books, Ltd."--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | ix, 304 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | The day Galileo died -- Classical cosmology -- Going up -- Doctors and doctorates -- From black holes to the big bang -- Marriage and fellowship -- Singular solutions -- The breakthrough years -- When black holes explode -- The foothills of fame -- Back to the beginning -- Science superstardom -- When universe has babies -- A brief history of time -- The end of physics? -- Hollywood, fame and fortune. |
| Responsibility: | Michael White and John Gribbin. |
Abstract:
Biography of physicist Stephen Hawking interweaving the events of his life with concise explanations of his theories.
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