Stephen Hawking
STEPHEN HAWKING is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe and The Universe In A Nutshell.
In 1963, Hawking contracted motor neurone disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. Since 1979 he has held the post of Lucasian Professor at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663. Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science.
Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein.
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In The Grand Design we explain why, according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence, or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. We question the conventional concept of reality, posing instead a “model-dependent” theory of reality. We discuss how the laws of our particular universe are extraordinarily finely tuned so as...
How can we understand the world in which we find ourselves? Stephen Hawking
by Stephen Hawking on 4 October 2010
Over twenty years ago I wrote A Brief History of Time, to try to explain where the universe came from, and where it is going. But that book left some important questions unanswered. Why is there a universe – why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why are the laws of nature what they are? Did the universe need a designer and creator? It was Einstein’s dream to discover...
Books by Stephen Hawking
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A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes
by Stephen HawkingPublished: 01/11/2011
Stunningly repackaged edition of the international bestseller
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The Grand Design
by Stephen Hawking with Leonard MlodinowPublished: 01/09/2011
New answers to the ultimate questions of life from the world's most famous living scientist.
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George and the Big Bang
by Lucy and Stephen HawkingPublished: 15/08/2011
Following the success of GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE and GEORGE'S COSMIC TREASURE HUNT comes a third out of this world adventure from Lucy Hawking and Professor Stephen Hawking, the most famous science genius in the Universe!
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George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt
by Lucy and Stephen HawkingPublished: 03/05/2010
Following the smash-hit success of GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE comes a second out of this world adventure from Lucy Hawking and Professor Stephen Hawking, the most famous science genius in the Universe!
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A Brief History of Time: 20th Anniversary edition
by Stephen HawkingPublished: 01/08/2008
The 20th anniversary edition of Stephen Hawking's scientific masterpiece.
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George's Secret Key to the Universe
by Lucy and Stephen HawkingPublished: 01/08/2008
From the author of the phenomenal bestseller, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME. A collaboration with his daughter on his first ever children’s book.
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A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking with Leonard MlodinowPublished: 01/07/2008
The science classic made more accessible and more concise. Illustrated. Updated with new research.
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Universe In A Nutshell
by Stephen HawkingPublished: 03/01/2005
Essential listening for all those who want to understand the universe in which we live.
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The Illustrated Brief History Of Time
by Stephen HawkingPublished: 01/11/1996
An updated, expanded and illustrated edition of his celebrated work.
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Black Holes And Baby Universes And Other Essays
by Stephen HawkingPublished: 01/12/1994
A collection of essays, both personal and scientific, from the bestselling author of A Brief History of Time.
