Showing Introducing Stephen Hawking by J.P. McEvoy

Paperback. Pub Date :2005-08-15 Pages: 174 Language: English Publisher: Totem Books Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in The Simpsons on his CV. but outside his academic field his work is little understood To. the public he is a tragic figure -. a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of Time. and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed Hawkings major contribution to science has been to integrate the two great theories of 20th-century physics - Einsteins General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics JP McEvoy and Oscar Zarates brilliant graphic guide explores Hawkings 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 i...