霍金传

Series ForewordIntroductionTmelineChapter 1 Destiny's Child: An Auspicious Birth and Eclectic UpbringingChapter 2 Scientist in Training: The Oxford YearsChapter 3 Tragedy and Triumph: Deadly Disease and DissertationChapter 4 Children and Calculations: Family Man and TheoreticianChapter 5 "Stephen's Changed Everything": Black Holes Aren't BlackChapter 6 Caltech and Cambridge: Exploring New HorizonsChapter 7 Physics or Metaphysics?: The "No-Boundary" ProposalChapter 8 Challenges and Controversy: An Unexpected Silence and Time's ArrowsChapter 9 The Best-Selling Book That "No One Read": A Brief History of TImeChapter 10 To Boldly Go: Time Travel and TelevisionChapter 11 Plays, P-branes, and Polls: Private Lives and Public PronouncementsChapter 12 Books and Bets: The Universe in a Nutshell and the End of a Paradox

Series ForewordIntroductionTmelineChapter 1 Destiny's Child: An Auspicious Birth and Eclectic UpbringingChapter 2 Scientist in Training: The Oxford YearsChapter 3 Tragedy and Triumph: Deadly Disease and DissertationChapter 4 Children and Calculations: Family Man and TheoreticianChapter 5 "Stephen's Changed Everything": Black Holes Aren't BlackChapter 6 Caltech and Cambridge: Exploring New HorizonsChapter 7 Physics or Metaphysics?: The "No-Boundary" ProposalChapter 8 Challenges and Controversy: An Unexpected Silence and Time's ArrowsChapter 9 The Best-Selling Book That "No One Read": A Brief History of TImeChapter 10 To Boldly Go: Time Travel and TelevisionChapter 11 Plays, P-branes, and Polls: Private Lives and Public PronouncementsChapter 12 Books and Bets: The Universe in a Nutshell and the End of a ParadoxEpilogue Stephen Hawking: Man Versus MythAppendixes: A: General Relativity and Cosmology B: The Laws of Thermodynamics and Black Holes C: Inflationary Cosmology D: The AdS/CFT CorrespondenceGlossarySelect BibliographyIndexVocabulary

Few scientists are as recognizable as Stephen Hawking. Despite havingAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis （Lou Gehrig's disease）--an affliction thatmany experts expected to have killed him decades ago Hawking remainsa vital and influential voice in the scientific community. One of the leadingcosmologists studying the celestial phenomenon known as black holes,Hawking has also led the way in popularizing science with his best-sellingwork A Brier'History of Time. This biography of Hawking, written by aphysicist, provides an accessible introduction to the life and work of aninspirational figure. Stephen Hawking." A Biography provides an overview of the life and workof this brilliant scientist that can be read and appreciated by students andlay people alike. The author examines many aspects of his fascinating career: · Hawking's childhood and early education, and the shocking diagnosisof his disease: · His early scientific work on black holes that cemented his reputationas a scientist; · How Hawking managed to remain a productive scientist and scholardespite having a debilitating illness.