霍金傳

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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.

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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

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　　《霍金傳（英文注釋版）》為英文版，讓你在英語水平在閱讀中得到大幅度提升?；艚鹗抢^愛因斯坦之后最杰出的物理學家。他于1942年出生于英國牛津，先后就讀于牛津大學和劍橋大學，學習數(shù)學、物理學和宇宙學。1963年霍金經診斷得了肌萎縮性側索硬化癥，醫(yī)生說他最多只能活兩年。在經歷了一段短暫的失望和沮喪后，霍金又開始了他的宇宙學研究。他后來在相對論、“大爆炸”和黑洞等領域取得了突出的研究成果?；艚?988年出版的宇宙學著作《時間簡史：從大爆炸到黑洞》，是一部里程碑式的暢銷書?；艚鸨淮_診患病已達40多年，但他仍孜孜于宇宙起源的理論研究，仍在為大統(tǒng)一理論而耕耘不已?；艚瓞F(xiàn)任劍橋大學盧卡斯數(shù)學教授，這也是牛頓曾擔任過的職位。

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