Stephen Hawking
A Life in Science:Second Edition
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 28. May 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-14-027168-3 (ISBN)
Description
The new edition of this bestselling biography of Stephen Hawking includes two additional chapters. In the first, John Gribbin explores important and exciting new developments in the field of time travel, Stephen Hawking's latest area of research, while in the second, Michael White takes a more personal look at Hawking's life in recent years and his role as a celebrity. "Well-nigh unputdownable...[It] ought to be read alongside A Brief History of Time as a kind of explanatory supplement" - Heather Couper, The Times Educational Supplement "A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein" - Bernard Dixon, New Statesman & Society
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
234 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-027168-3 (9780140271683)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
12/1992
Penguin
€29.89
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Person
Michael White has worked as a scriptwriter, consultant and presenter for science programmes on BBC TV and radio. He is the author of a dozen books including biographies of Einstein, Darwin, Isaac Newton and others.
John Gribbin is the author of many acclaimed popular science titles in Penguin, including In Search of the Beginning, In Search of the Double Helix and In Search of the Edge of Time.
John Gribbin is the author of many acclaimed popular science titles in Penguin, including In Search of the Beginning, In Search of the Double Helix and In Search of the Edge of Time.