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180 reviews
Stephen William Hawking

Bantam, 2001

Accessible Reading Coupled With Humor and Illustrations
On the cover of Stephen Hawking's The Universe in a Nutshell you can find, surprise, a picture of the universe in a nutshell. This cover illustration is typical of both the sense of humor Hawking employs and the helpful illustrations found in his work. Hawking's book is written for the average person who is interested in the science that has today's most educated and intelligent minds talking. ...

George's Secret Key to the Universe

29 reviews
Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007

Captivating
My 3.5 year old son is completely hooked on this fabulous book! We're plowing through it in just a few nights and he doesn't want it to end. I was floored when after the first night of my husband reading it to him he ran up to me excitedly the next morning and said "Mama, I know how stars are birthed, wanna hear about it?" And proceeded to give me a very sweet and stunningly accurate lecture on ...

A Brief History of Time

350 reviews
Stephen Hawking

Bantam, 1998

Informative, fascinating, highly readable
A fascinating, non-technical explanation of the modern concepts of theoretical physics. Full of wonder and surprise...makes us look at the world and universe with a fresh pair of eyes. A modern classic.

A Briefer History of Time

64 reviews
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

Bantam, 2008

Non-Fiction for Science Fiction Lovers
Excellent presentation of complex scientific theories. Stephen Hawking knows how to extract core principals and shape them into digestible morsels for his readers to consume and enjoy. The material is an update from his earlier Brief History of Time, and has the same cast of characters. If only he wrote fiction!

Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)

82 reviews
Kip S. Thorne

W. W. Norton & Company, 1995

The science behind the movie "Contact"
When Carl Sagan wanted to have his fictional herione from Contact travel in time, he turned to Kip Thorne. This book is Thorne's attempt to more fully explain the science of time travel. And in the process Thorne takes you to the prediction and discovery of black holes. First seriously suggested by the theories of Albert Einstein, a black hole is a star that has grown so massive (at ...

A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein

2 reviews
Stephen Hawking

Running Press, 2007

Einstein's seminal works commented on by Stephen Hawking
The most highly celebrated and recognized scientist alive today, Stephen Hawking has assembled, in this volume, highlights of Einstein's groundbreaking scientific works, such as his Special Theory of Relativity (1905) and his General Theory of Relativity (1915). Also included are Einstein's thoughtful views on politics, religion, the history and development of physics, and the interplay ...

Computer Resources for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Assistive Technologies, Tools and Resources for ...

1 review
Alliance for Technology Access

Hunter House, 2004

This is the ONE
If you are a person with disabilities or have some functional limitation, there are so many tools and resources available to help you achieve your potential. But where to start? Start with this book by the Alliance for Technology Access! From establishing a vision of how your life to be, to giving you step-by-step instructions for creating a plan, to educating you about technology tools that are ...

On The Shoulders Of Giants

16 reviews
Stephen Hawking

Running Press, 2003

A Promethean Bible
"On the Shoulders of Giants" is a powerful book. It contains the seminal works of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Einstein (translated into English) and thus, is an exhaustive account of their Promethean quest to see beyond the veil of appearance and into the hidden laws of the universe. In that sense it is quite revelatory, i.e., a "Promethean Bible" of sorts. And each of these ...

The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

40 reviews
Stephen Hawking

Phoenix Books, 2007

Even if it is unofficial...
Even if this product is unofficial, and unsanctioned by Stephen Hawking himself, I have to say I enjoyed it. I liked how its topics were so clearly delineated into thematically cohesive lectures, I liked that the author read them himself using a computer, and I loved the clear and organized way that Hawking laid out topics as complex and unfathomable as black holes and time and the beginning of ...

God Created The Integers

25 reviews
Stephen Hawking

Running Press, 2005

Forget the flaws. Enjoy it.
I just couldn't put this book down. I was so absorbed that I even missed my station and had to catch a train back. The biographies mixed with mathematical explanations and an outline of the significance of each work is brilliant. It gives one an insight into how context-dependent genius really is. I knew that the book had flaws because I read these reviews a while ago. But so what! You ...

The Future of Spacetime

8 reviews
Stephen William Hawking, Kip S. Thorne, ...

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

Is time-travel possible?
----------------------------------------------------------- This slim volume consists of six essays, based on talks presented at the Kipfest [note 1] on the occasion of Kip Thorne's sixtieth birthday. Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Physics at Caltech is best known to the general public for his 1988 wormhole "time machine" proposal, and indeed much of the book is taken up exploring the ...

Harmonies Of The World (On the Shoulders of Giants)

1 review
Johannes Kepler, Stephen Hawking

Running Press, 2005

historically important
For students of history, here is a reprint of one of Kepler's works. Centuries old. But noteworthy because before Newton came on the scene, Kepler's work was one of the high water marks of astronomy. Plus, the material in the book was useful to Newton, when he would apply his equations to explaining various of Kepler's observations. Plus, another attraction of this book is the introduction by ...

The Large, the Small and the Human Mind

11 reviews
Roger Penrose

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Penrose: Science needs a "revolution".
Let me first say something about Roger Penrose. One notices how certain other mathematicians and mathematical physicists speak of him. He is not only admired and respected; it seems that he is positively enjoyed! This may be a bit surprising when one notices that Penrose is something of a thorn in the side of several popular ideas in contemporary physics (and psychology). Cosmic inflation ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME - From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Stephen W Hawking

Bantam Books, 1988

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

5 reviews
Stephen W. Hawking, G. F. R. Ellis, ...

Cambridge University Press, 1975

A classic in mathematical general relativity
This book is now a classic and is written by two giants in mathematics and physics. It wil be used for many years to come and is certainly one of the most widely quoted in the subject. The authors begin the book by a discussion of the role of gravity in physics and its role as determining the causal structure of the universe. They introduce the idea of a closed trapped surface, setting the ...

The Illustrated On The Shoulders of Giants

4 reviews
Stephen Hawking

Running Press, 2004

Physics! History! Math!
It does not get any better than this. Plus the images are stunning.

On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (On the Shoulders of Giants)

4 reviews
Nicolaus Copernicus, Stephen Hawking

Running Press, 2004

What A Joy As Well As A Work of Art
Never before did I know a man could explain the heliocentric universe as well in this book. Of Course, Copernicus explained it centuries before my birth. But, it seems so foolish to believe the geocentric view, and I'm Catholic. Read "Dialogues" by Galileo to get the full picture of what these two men said, it it truly fascinating.

The Nature of Space and Time

9 reviews
Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose

Princeton University Press, 2000

A debate between two strong personalities in physics
The current understanding of the physical structure of the universe is bipolar. There is Einstein's theory of relativity, which explains the macroscopic behavior of the universe to many places to the right of the decimal point. At the other end of the size spectrum, there is the quantum theory of fields, which explains the observed behavior of fundamental particles to many places to the right of ...

Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

42 reviews
Stephen W. Hawking

Bantam, 1994

A great scientist explains his work and his life
This book consists in two distinct parts. In one Hawking talks about his life, and in the other about his major areas of interest in his researches. Both parts of the work are written in clear and understandable language, though I admit that when he talks about black holes, singularities, and the real heart of his work my own lack of understanding and knowledge prevents me from feeling I really ...

A Brief History of Time and the Universe in a Nutshell

2 reviews
Stephen W. Hawking

Bantam Dell Pub Group (P), 2007

Amazing - Easy to read
The illustration are amazing !!!!. It really help you to understand better the concepts, I have read very few books with such ilustrations. At the same time, Stephen Hawking explains the concept in a very simple way that any non-scientific person can understand. I fully recommend this book. Regards

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