Stephen Hawking : a life in science / Michael White and John Gribbin
By: White, Michael [author].
Contributor(s): Gribbin, John [author].
Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books LLC, [2016]Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.Description: xii, 447 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781605989402.Subject(s): Hawking, Stephen, 1942- | Astrophysics | Physicists -- Great Britain -- BiographyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QC16.H33 W45 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000008860 |
Revised and updated edition
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-430) and index
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? -- Fame and fortune -- A brief history of time travel -- Stephen Hawking : superstar -- God and the multiverse -- The topsy-turvy universe of a global icon