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The Art of Medieval Hunting: The Hound and the Hawkby John CumminsISBN 0785815929 (0-7858-1592-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Medieval Hunting: The Hound and the Hawk'Book summary:The gentlemen of medieval and Renaissance Europe had three all-consuming passions: warfare, courtly love, and hunting with a hawk or hound--and the philosophy behind the last of the trio really encompasses them all. Hunting, the sport of kings, served as training for battle, a rite of manhood, and a powerful ritualistic pastime. In vivid and engrossing detail, here are all the appropriate methods for hunting deer, boar, wolves, foxes, bears, otters, birds, hares...even unicorns! A dazzling diversity of sources (poems, ballads, letters, court directives, royal accounts, gamekeepers' handbooks, psalters) illustrate how hunting and hawking appear throughout medieval art and literature as metaphors and motifs for everything from romance to combat.[via]More editions of The Art of Medieval Hunting: The Hound and the Hawk:
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essaysby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0553374117 (0-553-37411-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays'Book summary:Readers worldwide have come to know the work of Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal million-copy hardcover best-seller A Brief History of Time. Bantam is proud to present the paperback edition of Dr. Hawking's first new book since that event, a collection of fascinating and illuminating essays, and a remarkable interview broadcast by the BBC on Christmas Day, 1992. These fourteen pieces reveal Hawking variously as the scientist, the man, the concerned world citizen, and-always-the rigorous and imaginative thinker. Hawking's wit, directness of style, and absence of pomp characterize all of them, whether he is remembering his first experience at nursery school; calling for adequate education in science that will enable the public to play its part in making informed decisions on matters such as nuclear disarmament; exploring the origins of the future of the universe; or reflecting on the history of A Brief History of Time. Black Holes and Baby Universes is an important work from one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. [via]
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Brief History of Timeby Stephen HawkingISBN 1586638629 (1-58663-862-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Brief History of Time Reader's Companion'Book summary:Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." --Therese Littleton [via]
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- Brief History of Time: ISBN 0553380168 (0-553-38016-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - Brief History of Time: ISBN 0553109537 (0-553-10953-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - A Briefer History Of Time: ISBN 0553804367 (0-553-80436-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - Brief History of Time: ISBN 0613074041 (0-613-07404-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Brief History of Time: ISBN 0553052438 (0-553-05243-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Books - A Brief History of Time Reader's Companion: ISBN 1586638629 (1-58663-862-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
- Brief History of Time: ISBN 0553380168 (0-553-38016-8)
Brief History of Timeby Ron Miller, Carl Sagan, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0816147736 (0-8161-4773-6)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holesby Carl Sagan, Stephen W. Hawking, Ron MillerISBN 055305340X (0-553-05340-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes'Book summary:Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme questions of the nature of time and the universe. Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an end? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? From Galileo and Newton to modern astrophysics, from the breathtakingly cast to the extraordinarily tiny, Professor Hawking leads us on an exhilarating journey to distant galaxies, black holes, alternate dimensions--as close as man has ever ventured to the mind of God. From the vantage point of the wheelchair from which he has spent more than twenty years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Stephen Hawking has transformed our view of the universe. Cogently explained, passionately revealed, A Brief History of Time is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge: the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space. [via]
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holesby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0553346148 (0-553-34614-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes'Book summary:Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." --Therese Littleton [via]
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Brief History of Time/International Edby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0553173251 (0-553-17325-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brief History of Time/International Ed'Book summary:Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." --Therese Littleton [via]
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Cosmology + 1: Readings from Scientific Americanby ScientificISBN 0716700425 (0-7167-0042-5)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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English Hawking and Hunting in the Boke of St. Albans: A Facsimile Edition of Sigs. A2-F8 of the Boke of St. Albans (1486)by Juliana Berners, Rachel HandsISBN 0198117159 (0-19-811715-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Future of Spacetimeby Kip S. Thorne, Timothy Ferris, Igor Novikov, Alan Lightman, S. W. Hawking, Richard PriceISBN 039332446X (0-393-32446-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Future of Spacetime'Book summary:Our Minds Tell us that some things in the universe must be true. The New Physics tells us that they are not, and in the process, blurs the line between science and science fiction. Here are six accessible essays by those who walk that line, moving ever further out in discovering the patterns of nature, aimed at readers who share their fascination with the deepest mysteries of the universe.
-- Richard Price: An Introduction to Spacetime Physics
-- Stephen Hawking: Chronology Protection
-- Igor Novikov: Can We Change the Past?
-- Kip S. Thorne: Speculations about the Future
-- Timothy Ferris: On the Popularization of Science
-- Alan Lightman: The Physicist as Novelist [via] -
God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed Historyby Stephen HawkingISBN 0762419229 (0-7624-1922-9)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History'Book summary:"God created the integers," wrote mathematician Leopold Kronecker, "All the rest is the work of Man." In this collection of landmark mathematical works, editor Stephen Hawking has assembled the greatest feats humans have ever accomplished using just numbers and their brains. Each of the 17 sections opens with a historical introduction of the featured author, and proceeds to a faithful translation of their most famous work. While most mathematicians will already have complete editions of Isaac Newton's Principia or Georg Cantor's Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers, this book is unique in presenting just the best bits of these and other theoretical works. The collection spans 2,500 years and covers a vast range of theories: the parallel postulate, Boolean logic, differential calculus, and the philosophy of the unknowable among them. Dense with numbers, formulae, and ideas, God Created the Integers is quite challenging, but Hawking rewards curious readers with a look at how mathematics has been built. In contrast to the towering physical edifices of great civilizations of the past, Hawking writes, "The greatest wonder of the modern world is our understanding." --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Illustrated a Brief History of Timeby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0553103741 (0-553-10374-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated a Brief History of Time'Book summary:In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific
writing. It has also become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies.The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since then there have been extraordinary advances in the
technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic world. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions
in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the universe's beginning and revealed the wrinkles in the fabric of space-time that he had projected.Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these many observations, as well as his most recent research, for this revised and expanded edition Hawking has prepared a new introduction to the book, revised and updated the original chapters throughout, and written an entirely new chapter on the fascinating subject of wormholes and time travel.
In addition, to heighten understanding of complex concepts that readers may have found difficult to grasp despite the clarity and wit of Hawking's writing, this edition is magnificently enhanced throughout with more than 240 full-color illustrations, including satellite images, photographs made possible by spectacular new technological advances such as the Hubble telescope, and computer- generated images of three- and four-dimensional realities. Detailed captions clarify these illustrations, enabling readers to experience the vastness of intergalactic space, the nature of black holes, and the microcosmic world of
particle physics in which matter and antimatter collide.A classic work that now brings to the reader the latest understanding of cosmology, The Illustrated A Brief History of Time is the story of the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space. [via]
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The Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and AstronomyISBN 0762418982 (0-7624-1898-2)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
Find This BookBook summary:The first edition of this revolutionary look at the scientific discoveries that changed our perception of the world, by the renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking, sold over 65,000 copies. Now its available in a gift-worthy special edition with color photographs and illustrations depicting theoretical models of the planets and their orbitsmaking Hawkings brilliant insights all the more accessible. This original compilation is based on seven classic works of physics and astronomy which, read in chronological order, trace the evolution of modern science. THE ILLUSTRATED ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS includes selections from On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus; Principia by Sir Isaac Newton; The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein; Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences by Galileo Galilei with Alfonso De Salvio; plus Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler. It also includes five important critical essays and an original biography of each physicist, written by Hawking himself.[via]More editions of The Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy:
Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics And Astronomyby Stephen HawkingISBN 0762427329 (0-7624-2732-9)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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Introducing Stephen Hawkingby Oscar Zarate, J. P. McEvoy, Richard AppignanesiISBN 1840466391 (1-84046-639-1)
Softcover, Totem Books
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Introducing Stephen Hawkingby Stephen W. Hawking, Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zarate, J. P. McEvoyISBN 1874166250 (1-874166-25-0)
Softcover, Totem Books
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The Large Scale Structure of Space-Timeby Stephen W. Hawking, George Francis Rayner EllisISBN 0521099064 (0-521-09906-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time'Book summary:Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known laws of physics break down. They will occur inside black holes, and in the past are what might be construed as the beginning of the universe. To show how these predictions arise, the authors discuss the General Theory of Relativity in the large. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory and an account of the necessary background of differential geometry, the significance of space-time curvature is discussed and the global properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are examined. The theory of the causal structure of a general space-time is developed, and is used to study black holes and to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singualarities under certain conditions. A discussion of the Cauchy problem for General Relativity is also included in this 1973 book. [via]
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The Nature of Space and Timeby Roger Penrose, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0691050848 (0-691-05084-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Nature of Space and Time'Book summary:Who doesn't love a good argument? When physics heavyweights Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose delivered three sets of back-and-forth lectures capped by a final debate at Cambridge's Isaac Newton Institute, the course of modern cosmological thinking was at stake. As it happens, The Nature of Space and Time, which collects these remarks, suggests that little has changed from the days when Einstein challenged Bohr by refusing to believe that God plays dice. The maths is more abstruse, the arguments more refined, but the argument still hinges on whether our physical theories should be expected to model reality or merely predict measurements.
Hawking, clever and playful as usual, sides with Bohr and the Copenhagen interpretation, and builds a strong case for quantum gravity. Penrose, inevitably a bit dry in comparison, shares Einstein's horror at such intuition-blasting thought experiments as Schrödinger's long-suffering cat--and scores just as many points for general relativity. The maths is tough going for lay readers, but a few leaps of faith will carry them through to some deeply thought-provoking rhetoric. Though no questions find final answers in The Nature of Space and Time, the quality of discourse should be enough to satisfy the scientifically curious. --Rob Lightner [via]
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On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracyby Lynn Arthur SteenISBN 0309042348 (0-309-04234-8)
Hardcover, Natl Academy Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy'Book summary:What mathematics should be learned by today's young people, as well as tomorrow's workforce? "On the Shoulders of Giants" is a vision of richness of mathematics expressed in essays on change, dimension, quantity, shape, and uncertainty, each of which illustrate fundamental strands for school mathematics. These essays expand on the idea of mathematics as the language and science of patterns, allowing us to realize the importance of providing hands-on experience and the development of a curriculum that will enable students to apply their knowledge to diverse numerical problems. [via]
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On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript The Post-Italianate Editionby Robert K. MertonISBN 0226520862 (0-226-52086-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomyby Stephen HawkingISBN 076241698X (0-7624-1698-X)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy'Book summary:World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of seven classic works on physics and astronomy. His choice of landmark writings by some of the world's great thinkers traces the brilliant evolution of modern science and shows how each figure built upon the genius of his predecessors. On the Shoulders of Giants includes, in their entirety, On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus; Principia by Sir Isaac Newton; The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein; Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences by Galileo Galilei with Alfonso De Salvio; plus Mystery of the Cosmos, Harmony of the World, and Rudolphine Tables by Johannes Kepler. It also includes five critical essays and a biography of each featured physicist, written by Hawking himself.[via]More editions of On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy:
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Scienceby John Gribbin, Michael WhiteISBN 0309084105 (0-309-08410-5)
Softcover, Natl Academy Pr
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Stephen Hawking : A Life in Scienceby Michael James Denham White, John GribbinISBN 0452269881 (0-452-26988-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Stephen Hawking: A Life in Scienceby Michael White, John R. GribbinISBN 0670840130 (0-670-84013-0)
Hardcover, Viking
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science'Book summary:The authors tell the story of Hawking's life and work, his childhood and early scientific promise at school, his days at Oxford, his marriage and the early signs of disease, through to his professorship at Cambridge, the success of "A Brief History of Time" and the break-up of his marriage. [via]
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Stephen Hawking's a Brief History of Time: A Reader's Companionby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0553077724 (0-553-07772-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen Hawking's a Brief History of Time: A Reader's Companion'Book summary:Based on a documentary film on Hawking and his work, this reader's companion features candid personal interviews with Hawking's family and friends, personal photographs, and illustrations of his theories. 250,000 first printing. $250,000 ad/promo. Movie tie-in. [via]
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Stephen Hawking's Universeby John BosloughISBN 0380707632 (0-380-70763-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen Hawking's Universe: An Introduction to the Most Remarkable Scientist of Our Time'Book summary:Since the publication of "A Brief History of Time" - an introduction to some of the most important theories on the cosmos - Stephen Hawking is known widely as a man who has changed the way we look at the universe. He became a member of the Royal Society at the unusually early age of 32 and became in 1980 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Written with Hawking's assistance, this is a readable account for the non-specialist of his contribution to theoretical physics. It encompasses his theories on the Big Bang and the nature of black holes, and contains the transcript of one of his most important essays. [via]
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Hardcover, Harpercollins - Stephen Hawking's Universe: An Introduction to the Most Remarkable Scientist of Our Time: ISBN 0380707632 (0-380-70763-2)
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Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explainedby David Filkin, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0465081983 (0-465-08198-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained'Book summary:Stephen Hawkings A Brief History of Time has sold over 9 million copies worldwide. Now, in everyday language, Stephen Hawkings Universe reveals step-by-step how we can all share his understanding of the cosmos, and our own place within it. Stargazing has never been the same since cosmologists discovered that galaxies are moving away from each other at an extraordinary speed. It was this understanding of the movement of galaxies that allowed scientists to develop a theory of how the universe was createdthe Big Bang theory. Working with this theory, Stephen Hawking and other physicists felt challenged to come up with a scientific picture that would tackle the fundamental question: what is the nature of the universe? Stephen Hawkings Universe charts this work and provides simple explanations for phenomena that arouse our curiosity. This work is a voyage of discovery with an astonishing set of conclusions that will enable us to understand how matter can be produced from nothing at all and will provide us with an explanation for the basis of our existence and that of everything around us.[via]More editions of Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained:
Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explainedby Stephen W. Hawking, David FilkinISBN 0465081991 (0-465-08199-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Three Hundred Years of Gravitationby Stephen W. Hawking, Werner IsraelISBN 0521343127 (0-521-34312-7)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Hundred Years of Gravitation'Book summary:To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Stephen Hawking and Werner Israel assembled a series of unique review papers by many of the world's foremost researchers in cosmology, relativity, and particle physics. The resulting volume reflects the significant and exciting advances that have been made in these fields since the editors' acclaimed volume, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey (CUP 1979). Newton's immense contribution to the physical sciences is assessed, and its relevance to today's physics made clear. The international group of contributors then chart the major developments in the study of gravitation, from Newtonian gravity to black hole physics. In the fields of galaxy formation, inflationary and quantum cosmology, and superstring unification, the book provides important overviews written by workers involved in the many advances described. By shaping such a wide-ranging and scholarly series of articles into a cohesive whole, the editors have created a fitting and lasting memorial to the man who continues to inspire scientists the world over. [via]
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The Universe in a Nutshellby S. W. HawkingISBN 055380202X (0-553-80202-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Universe in a Nutshell'Book summary:Stephen Hawking, science's first real rock star, may be the least-read bestselling author in history--it's no secret that many people who own A Brief History of Time have never finished it. Hawking's The Universe in a Nutshell aims to remedy the situation, with a plethora of friendly illustrations to help readers grok some of the most brain-bending ideas ever conceived.
Does it succeed? Yes and no. While Hawking offers genuinely accessible context for such complexities as string theory and the nature of time, it's when he must translate equations to sentences that the limits of language get in the way. But Hawking has simplified the origin of the universe, the nature of space and time, and what holds it all together to an unprecedented degree, inviting nonscientists to share his obvious awe and love of the unseen forces that shape it all.
Yes, it's difficult reading, but it's worth it. Hawking is one of the great geniuses of our time, a man whose life has been devoted to thinking in the abstract about the universe. With his help, and pictures--lots of pictures--we can seek to understand a bit more of the cosmos. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Brevisima Historia Del Tiempo/a Brief History of Timeby Stephen Hawking, Leonard MlodinowISBN 8484326373 (84-8432-637-3)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brevisima Historia Del Tiempo/a Brief History of Time'Book summary:En 1988 aparecio un libro que iba a cambiar de arriba abajo nuestra concepcion del universo y que se convirtio en uno de los mayores best-sellers cientificos: "Historia del tiempo", de Stephen Hawking, el mayor genio del siglo xx despues de Einstein. Pese a su exito colosal, aquel libro presentaba algunas dificultades de comprension para el publico menos familiarizado con los principios de la fisica teorica. Ahora, diecisiete años despues, el profesor Hawking ha escrito este libro maravilloso y sencillo que pone al alcance del comun de los mortales los grandes misterios del mundo y de la vida. [via]
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Historia Del Tiempoby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 8420639710 (84-206-3971-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Historia Del Tiempo'Book summary:HISTORIA DEL TIEMPO es un libro de divulgación sobre el espacio y el tiempo escrito por uno de los físicos teóricos más prestigiosos de la actualidad. En él STEPHEN W. HAWKING presenta de forma clara y concisa los conceptos fundamentales de la mecánica newtoniana, la teoría de la relatividad, la mecánica cuántica y la cosmología contemporánea, temas todos ellos que, junto a su interés intrínseco, permiten enmarcar el problema de fondo tratado en el libro: el origen del universo y la creación del espacio-tiempo, llegando a asomarse a campos más amplios y aventurados, como la metafísica e incluso la teología, al plantearse la naturaleza de Dios creador, o más bien garante del sentido del universo.(*CR*) [via]
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Historia del tiempo / A Brief History of Time: del big bang a los agujeros negros / From Big Bangs to the Black Holesby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 9879317114 (987-9317-11-4)
Softcover, Distal S R L
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