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Author:

White, Michael, 1959-

Title:

Stephen Hawking : a life in science / Michael White and John Gribbin.

Edition:

New updated ed.

Publisher:

Joseph Henry Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xi, 348 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Hawking, S. W.--(Stephen W.)
Astrophysics.
Physicists--Great Britain--Biography.

Other Authors:

Gribbin, John R.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Index. Acknowledgments -- 18. day Galileo died -- 2. Classical cosmology -- 3. Going up -- 4. Doctors and doctorates -- 5. From black holes to the big bang -- 6. Marriage and fellowship -- 7. Singular solutions -- 8. The breakthrough years -- 9. When black holes explode -- 10. The foothills of fame -- 11. Back to the beginning -- 12. Science celebrity -- 13. When the universe has babies -- 14. A brief history of time -- 15. The end of physics? -- 16 Hollywood, fame, and fortune -- 17. A brief history of time travel -- 18. Stephen Hawking : superstar -- Notes -- About the authors -- Index.

ISBN:

9780309084109 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0309084105 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2002011961

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)