DescriptionHailed as "an equal of Einstein" by Time magazine, Stephen Hawking is the most extraordinary scientific mind of our time. Hawking's brilliant career in physics and cosmology is even more remarkable in light of his battle with Lou Gehrig's disease, which has kept him confined to a wheelchair for many years. Here, author John Boslough offers the first popular introduction to Hawking and his theories. Enter the mysterious world of black holes and singularities - the points in our universe where space and time break down completely - and travel back in time to the "big bang" that might well have created the universe. This fascinating book includes interviews with Hawking himself, in which he discusses his life, his work, and what he still hopes to achieve.
DescriptionTake advantage of an opportunity to explore the cosmos with the greatest mind since Einstein. This series of lectures introduces the listener to "the history of ideas about the Universe" as well as presenting today's most important scientific theories about time, space, and the nature of the cosmos. In these lectures, Professor Hawking - who transformed our view of the universe in his landmark book A Brief History of Time - explores the most complex theories of physics, both past and present, yet the lectures remain clear and accessible.
DescriptionIn his phenomenal best seller A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking literally transformed the way we think about physics, the universe, reality itself. Widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein, he has opened our…
DescriptionNow updated with a major new afterword that incorporates the latest cosmological research, this classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel prize-winning physicist explains to general readers what happened when the Universe began, and how we know.
DescriptionSpace and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene uses these q…
DescriptionThe product of research around the globe and interviews with dozens of prominent scientists, God's Equation discusses the latest developments in cosmology, the study of the nature of the universe. Using Einstein and his theories to explain the links between relativity and cosmology via Einstein's "cosmological constant, " Aczel tells us it is almost as though Einstein were God's mouthpiece, revealing the most fundamental truths about our larger environment, truths scientists are just now confirming. And yet Aczel reveals a side of Einstein - the man - no one else has brought to light. Aczel is the first to have translated certain letters of Einstein, in private hands until recently. These letters cast a new spin on Einstein's relationship with other scientists and his early efforts to prove his revolutionary theory that a strong gravitational force will make light bend.
DescriptionThis landmark book is for those of us who prefer words to equations; this is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge, the ongoing search for the secrets at the heart of time and space. Its author, Stephen W. Hawking, is arguably the greatest mind since Einstein. From the vantage point of the wheelchair, where he has spent the last 20 years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Professor Hawking has transformed our view of the universe. A Brief History of Time is Hawking's classic introduction to today's most important scientific ideas about the cosmos. It is read here by the Emmy Award-winning host of The Michael Jackson Show on KABC-TV.
