Introducing Stephen Hawking: A Graphic Guide

Author: J.P. McEvoy

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  • : $12.99 AUD
  • : 9781848310940
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  • : 168mm X 118mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : J.P. McEvoy
  • : Introducing... S.
  • : Paperback
  • : Revised edition
  • : Oscar Zarate
  • : English
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Description

Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in "The Simpsons on his CV", but outside his academic field his work is little understood. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. Hawking's major contribution to science has been to integrate the two great theories of 20th-century physics - Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. J.P. McEvoy and Oscar Zarate's brilliant graphic guide explores Hawking's life, the evolution of his work from his days as a student, and his breathtaking discoveries about where these fundamental laws break down or overlap, such as on the edge of a Black Hole or at the origin of the Universe itself.

Reviews

'An ideal introduction' Independent 'Astonishingly comprehensive - clearer than Hawking himself' Focus