Revised and updated edition. Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-430) and index.
Contents:
The day Galileo died -- Classical cosmology -- Going up -- Doctors and doctorates -- From black holes to the big bang -- Marriage and fellowship -- Singular solutions -- The breakthrough years -- When black holes explode -- The foothills of fame -- Back to the beginning -- Science celebrity -- When the universe has babies -- A brief history of time -- The end of physics? -- Fame and fortune -- A brief history of time travel -- Stephen Hawking : superstar -- God and the multiverse -- The topsy-turvy universe of a global icon.
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