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(0)Stephen Hawking
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Phoenix Books, Inc
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English
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Stephen Hawking...
"...has overcome a crippling disease to become the supernova of world physics. Unable to write, or even speak clearly, he is leaping beyond the big bang, to the dance of geometry' that created the universe". Timothy Ferris, Vanity Fair.
"...can explain the complexities of cosmological physics with an engaging combination of clarity and wit... His is a brain of extraordinary power." The New York Review of Books.
"...clearly
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New Millennium Press
Language
English
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The brilliant mind that presented the world with A Brief History of Time offers more insights into the mysteries of the universe.
Based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, The Theory of Everything presents the most complex concepts of physics- both past and present- in a clear and accessible manner. Acclaimed physicist and author of A Brief History of Time- which has sold more than 25 million copies- Stephen Hawking enlightens...
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Princeton Science Library volume Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures
Isaac Newton Institute series of lectures
Isaac Newton Institute series of lectures
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Princeton University Press
Language
English
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"Roger Penrose, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences" Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. Roger Penrose is a Nobel Prize–winning physicist and the author of Cycles of Time and The Road to Reality (both Vintage). He is the Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the University of Oxford.
From two of the world's great physicists-Stephen...
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English
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Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard's Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?-- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations...
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English
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Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project: a book compiling his answers to the "big" questions...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Explore how the universe began - and thwart evil along the way - in this cosmic adventure from Stephen and Lucy Hawking. George has problems. He has twin baby sisters at home who demand his parents' attention. His beloved pig, Freddy, has been exiled to a farm, where he's miserable. And worst of all, his best friend, Annie, has made a new friend whom she seems to like more than George. So George jumps at the chance to help Eric with his plans to run...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for readers who have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future of the universe—A
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Bantam Books
Language
English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One of the greatest minds of our time explores profound questions such as: How did the universe begin-and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending-or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?
Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter...
13) My brief history
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English
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The physicist explores his life and intellectual evolution
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Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
This is the ultimate detective story: the creation of the universe. Go on a cosmic ride, from the Big Bang 15 billion years ago, to the frontiers of science today. The program also takes viewers around the world, visiting with today's great thinkers, including physicist Stephen Hawking, and Nobel Prize winners Murray Gell-Mann and Steven Weinberg. From quarks to quasars, the scientists explore a host of provocative ideas.
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First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing? Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, 'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Follows the adventures of a young boy and his neighbor friend as they travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade an evil scientist.
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Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Brings together a compilation of the most important works by Albert Einstein, presenting his papers on the Theory of Relativity, quantum theory, statistical mechanics, the photoelectric effect, and other studies that transformed modern physics.