霍金传
2007-9
中国人民大学
拉森
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Few scientists are as recognizable as Stephen Hawking. Despite havingAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis （Lou Gehrigs 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 BrierHistory 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： · Hawkings 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.
Series ForewordIntroductionTmelineChapter 1 Destinys 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 "Stephens Changed Everything": Black Holes Arent BlackChapter 6 Caltech and Cambridge: Exploring New HorizonsChapter 7 Physics or Metaphysics?: The "No-Boundary" ProposalChapter 8 Challenges and Controversy: An Unexpected Silence and Times 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 CosmologyB: The Laws of Thermodynamics and Black HolesC: Inflationary CosmologyD: The AdS/CFT CorrespondenceGlossarySelect BibliographyIndexVocabulary
《霍金传（英文注释版）》为英文版，让你在英语水平在阅读中得到大幅度提升。霍金是继爱因斯坦之后最杰出的物理学家。他于1942年出生于英国牛津，先后就读于牛津大学和剑桥大学，学习数学、物理学和宇宙学。1963年霍金经诊断得了肌萎缩性侧索硬化症，医生说他最多只能活两年。在经历了一段短暂的失望和沮丧后，霍金又开始了他的宇宙学研究。他后来在相对论、“大爆炸”和黑洞等领域取得了突出的研究成果。霍金1988年出版的宇宙学著作《时间简史：从大爆炸到黑洞》，是一部里程碑式的畅销书。霍金被确诊患病已达40多年，但他仍孜孜于宇宙起源的理论研究，仍在为大统一理论而耕耘不已。霍金现任剑桥大学卢卡斯数学教授，这也是牛顿曾担任过的职位。
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