The nature of space and time
Main Author: | Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018 |
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Other Authors: | Penrose, Roger. |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c1996.
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Series: |
The Isaac Newton Institute series of lectures
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Subjects: |
Physical Description: |
viii, 141 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-141). |
ISBN: |
0691037914 (cl : alk. paper) |
Author Notes: |
In 1963, he learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neuromuscular wasting disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The disease confined him to a wheelchair and reduced his bodily control to the flexing of a finger and voluntary eye movements, but left his mental faculties untouched. He became a leader in exploring gravity and the properties of black holes. He wrote numerous books including A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, Black Holes and Baby Universes, On the Shoulders of Giants, A Briefer History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design, and Brief Answers to the Big Questions. In 1982, he was named a commander of the British Empire. A film about his life, The Theory of Everything, was released in 2014 and was based on his first wife Jane Hawking's book Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen. He died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) |