| Stephen W. Hawking has achieved internationalprominence as one of the great minds of thetwentieth century. Now, for the first time, he haswritten a popular work exploring the outer limitsof our knowledge of astrophysics and the natureof time and the universe. The result is a trulyenlightening book: a classic introduction toIoday s most important scientific ideas about thecosmos, and a unique opportunity to experiencethe intellect of one of the most imaginative,influential th i nkers of our age.From the vantage point of the wheelchair wherehe has spent the last twenty years trapped byLou Gehrig s disease, Professor Hawking himselfhas transformed our view of the universe. Hisgrmmdbreaking research into black boles offersclues to that elusive mourent when the un iversewas born. Now, in the incisive style which is histrademark, Professor Hawking shows us howmankind s "worht picture" evolved from thetime of Aristotle through the 1915 breakthroughof Albert Einstei n, to the exciting ideas of today sprominent yonng physicists. Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an end? Is the universe infinite? Or does it have boundaries? With these fundamental questions in mind, Hawking reviews the great theories of the cosmos--and all the puzzles, paradoxes and contradictions still unresolved. With great care he explains Galileo s and Newton s discoveries. |
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