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Stephen Hawking : a life in science /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Michael, 1959-
Other Authors: Gribbin, John, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2002]
Edition:New updated ed.
Subjects:
Hawking, Stephen, > 1942-2018.
Astrophysics.
Physicists > Great Britain > Biography.
Table of 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 celebrity
  • When the universe has babies
  • A brief history of time
  • The end of physics?
  • Hollywood, fame, and fortune
  • A brief history of time travel
  • Stephen Hawking : superstar.