内容简介
Few scientists are as recognizable as Stephen Hawking．Despite having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(Lou Gehrig's disease)—an affliction that many experts expected to have killed him decades ago—Hawking remains a vital and influential voice in the scientifiC community．One of the leading cosmolog ists studying the celestial phenomenon known as black holes，Hawking has also led the way in popularizing science with his best-selling Work A Brief History of Time．This biography of Hawking，written by a physicist，provides an accessible introduction to the life and work of aninspirational figure．
目录
Series Foreword
Introduction
Timeline
Chapter 1 Destiny's Child：An Auspicious Birth and Eclectic Upbringing
Chapter 2 Scientist in Training：The Oxford Years
Chapter 3 Tragedy and Triumph：Deadly Disease and Dissertation
Chapter 4 Children and Calculations：Family Man and Teoretician
Chapter 5 “Stephen's Changed Everything”：Black Holes Aren’t Black
Chapter 6 Caltech and Cambridge：Exploring New Horizons
Chapter 7 Physics or Metaphysics?：The“No—Boundary”Proposal
Chapter 8 Challenges and Controversy：An Unexpected Silence and Time's Arrows
Chapter 9 The Best-Selling Book That‘'No One Read”：A Brief History of Time
Chapter 10 To Boldly Go：Time Travel and Television
Chapter 11 Plays，P—branes，and Polls：Private Lives and Public Pronouncements
Chapter 12 Books and Bets：The Universe in a Nutshell and the ..
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