Stephen Hawking. His Life and Work [2nd, updated and expanded] 1448110475, 9781448110476
Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time - a Cambridge genius who has earned international cele
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Table of contents :
Part I: 1942–1975
1. ‘The quest for a Theory of Everything’
2. ‘Our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in’
3. ‘Equal to anything!’
4. ‘The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock’
5. ‘The big question was, was there a beginning or not?’
6. ‘There is a singularity in our past’
Part II: 1970–1990
7. ‘These people must think we are used to an astronomical standard of living’
8. ‘Scientists usually assume there is a unique link between the past and the future, cause and effect. If information is lost, this link does not exist’
9. ‘The odds against a universe that has produced life like ours are immense’
10. ‘In all my travels, I have not managed to fall off the edge of the world’
11. ‘It’s turtles all the way down’
12. ‘The field of baby universes is in its infancy’
Part III: 1990–2000
13. ‘Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?’
14. ‘Between film roles I enjoy solving physics problems’
15. ‘I think we have a good chance of avoiding both Armageddon and a new Dark Age’
16. ‘It seems clear to me’
Part IV: 2000–2011
17. ‘An expanding horizon of possibilities’
18. ‘Grandad has wheels’
19. ‘I’ve always gone in a somewhat different direction’
20. ‘My name is Stephen Hawking: physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer’
Picture Section
Glossary
References
Suggested Further Reading
Bibliography
Picture Acknowledgements
Index
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