Introducing Stephen Hawking
€10.50
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781848310940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J.P. McEvoy |
| Publisher | Icon Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.100 |
| Publishing Date | 01/10/2009 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €9.91 |
| Tax | €0.59 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €10.50 |
| Availability | 4 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
''An ideal introduction [to Stephen Hawking]'' - Independent''Astonishingly comprehensive - clearer than Hawking himself'' - FocusStephen Hawking was a world-famous physicist with a cameo in The Simpsons on his CV, but outside of his academic field his work was little understood. To the public he was a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of Time, and yet spent the majority of his life confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed.Hawking''s major contribution to science was to integrate the two great theories of 20th-century physics: Einstein''s General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.J.P. McEvoy and Oscar Zarate''s brilliant graphic guide explores Hawking''s life, the evolution of his work from his days as a student, and his breathtaking discoveries about where these fundamental laws break down or overlap, such as on the edge of a Black Hole or at the origin of the Universe itself.