Introducing Stephen Hawking : A Graphic Guide

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ISBN: 9781848310940

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'An ideal introduction [to Stephen Hawking]' - Independent



'Astonishingly comprehensive - clearer than Hawking himself' - Focus



Stephen Hawking was a world-famous physicist with a cameo in The Simpsons on his CV, but outside of his academic field his work was little understood. To the public he was a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of Time, and yet spent the majority of his life confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed.


Hawking's major contribution to science was 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.


Author: J.P. McEvoy
Format: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number of Pages: 176
Publisher: Icon Books
Publication Date: 07 Jan 2010
 

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.