Hawking and the Mind of God - Couverture souple

Coles, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840461241 ISBN 13 : 9781840461244

Editeur : Icon Books, 2000

Synopsis

Stephen Hawking has achieved a unique position in contemporary culture, combining eminence in the rarefied world of theoretical physics with the popular fame usually reserved for film stars and rock musicians. Yet Hawking's technical work is so challenging, both in its conceptual scope and in its mathematical detail, that proper understanding of its significance lies beyond the grasp of all but a few specialists. How, then, did Hawking-the-scientist become Hawking-the-icon? Hawking's theories often take him into the intellectual territory that has traditionally been the province of religion rather than science. He acknowledges this explicitly in the closing sentence of his bestseller, "A Brief History of Time", where he says that his ultimate aim is the "know the Mind of God". "Hawking and the Mind of God" examines the pseudo-religious connotations of some of the key themes in Hawking's work, and how these shed light not only on the Hawking cult itself, but also on the wider issue of how scientists represent themselves in the media.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Coles is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Nottingham, where he works on problems connected with the origin of galaxies and large-scale structure in the universe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Icon Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840461241
• ISBN 13: 9781840461244
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
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• Personne responsable: non disponible