Stephen Hawking - a Life in Science - Couverture rigide

White, Michael; Gribbin, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670840130 ISBN 13 : 9780670840137

Editeur : Viking, 1992

Synopsis

The authors tell the story of Hawking's life and work, his childhood and early scientific promise at school, his days at Oxford, his marriage and the early signs of disease, through to his professorship at Cambridge, the success of "A Brief History of Time" and the break-up of his marriage.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Born in 1942, Stephen Hawking is no ordinary scientist. With a career that began over thirty years ago at Cambridge University, he has managed to do more than perhaps any other physicist to broaden our basic understanding of the universe. This skilful portrait of an indefatigable genius traces the course of Hawking's life and science, marrying biography and physics to tell the story of a remarkable man.

As the New Stateman said of the first edition in 1992: 'A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein...Its combination of erudition, warmth, robustness, and wit is entirely appropriate to their subject.

Revue de presse

Intriguing ... There are larger questions here than the life of even this singular man (Peter Ackroyd, THE TIMES)

Immensely moving... totally gripping to read --(DAILY TELEGRAPH)

Fascinating... What makes this book so rewarding is the way that the authors have blended their account of Hawking's science with that of his life --(SPECTATOR)

This absorbing biography illuminates the extraordinary single-mindedness that has enabled him to triumph over adversity. --(MAIL ON SUNDAY)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0670840130
• ISBN 13: 9780670840137
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible