Stephen Hawking : an unfettered mind
Record details
- ISBN: 0230340601 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780230340602 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
viii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-295) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1942-1975. "The quest for a theory of everything" ; "Our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in" ; "Equal to anything" ; "The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock" ; "The big question was, was there a beginning or not?" ; "There is a singularity in our past" -- 1970-1990. "These people must think we are used to an astronomical standard of living" ; "Scientists usually assume there is a unique link between the past and the future, cause and effect. If information is lost, this link does not exist" ; "The odds against a universe that has produced life like ours are immense" ; "In all my travels, I have not managed to fall off the edge of the world" ; "It's turtles all the way down" ; "The field of baby universes is in its infancy" -- 1990-2000. "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" ; Between film roles, I enjoy solving physics problems" ; "I think we have a good chance of avoiding both Armageddon and a new Dark Age" ; "It seems clear to me" -- 2000-2011. "An expanding horizon of possibilities ; "Grandad has wheels" ; "I've always gone in a somewhat different direction" ; "My name is Stephen Hawking : physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer." |
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Subject: | Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.) Physicists Great Britain Biography Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Patients Great Britain Biography Cosmology People with disabilities |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QC 16 .H33 F474 2012 | 30542914 | General Collection | Available | - |