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Stephen hawking, the legendary physicist, cosmologist and worldfamous author, died on wednesday at the age of 76. Stephen hawking has 9 books on goodreads with 1281170 ratings. Stephen hawkings universe premiered on pbs, with a companion book also being released. This is a very good book about one of the most brilliant mind of our time. Only a handful have ever come to auction, with one 1973 signed. Renowned english physicist stephen hawking was born in 1942, on the 300th anniversary of galileos death. The nook book ebook of the the theory of everything. Heres our 1988 cover story on hawking, published around the time his. On the shoulders of giants book the large scale structure of spacetime the nature of space and time chapter 4 hawking and the media stephen hawking in popular culture into the universe with. When we think of major figures in the history of science, many names come to mind. Quincy fieldy arvizu backstage at the korn 20th anniversary tour. Hawking and his fellow luminaries signed the charter for the. Shortly after this book was autographed, hawking lost his ability to sign his name due to als. Stephen hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since einstein.
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