名人传记系列：霍金传（英文注释版）

图书标准信息

• 作者 [美]拉森 著
• 出版社 中国人民大学出版社
• 出版时间 2007-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787300084589
• 定价 19.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 171页
• 字数 191千字
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

　　FewscientistsareasrecognizableasStephenHawking.DespitehavingAmyotrophicLateralSclerosis（LouGehrigsdisease）--anafflictionthatmanyexpertsexpectedtohavekilledhimdecadesagoHawkingremainsavitalandinfluentialvoiceinthescientificcommunity.Oneoftheleadingcosmologistsstudyingthecelestialphenomenonknownasblackholes,Hawkinghasalsoledthewayinpopularizingsciencewithhisbest-sellingworkABrierHistoryofTime.ThisbiographyofHawking,writtenbyaphysicist,providesanaccessibleintroductiontothelifeandworkofaninspirationalfigure.
　　StephenHawking."ABiographyprovidesanoverviewofthelifeandworkofthisbrilliantscientistthatcanbereadandappreciatedbystudentsandlaypeoplealike.Theauthorexaminesmanyaspectsofhisfascinatingcareer：
　　·Hawkingschildhoodandearlyeducation,andtheshockingdiagnosisofhisdisease：
　　·Hisearlyscientificworkonblackholesthatcementedhisreputationasascientist;
　　·HowHawkingmanagedtoremainaproductivescientistandscholardespitehavingadebilitatingillness.

【目录】

SeriesForeword
Introduction
Tmeline
Chapter1DestinysChild:AnAuspiciousBirthandEclecticUpbringing
Chapter2ScientistinTraining:TheOxfordYears
Chapter3TragedyandTriumph:DeadlyDiseaseandDissertation
Chapter4ChildrenandCalculations:FamilyManandTheoretician
Chapter5"StephensChangedEverything":BlackHolesArentBlack
Chapter6CaltechandCambridge:ExploringNewHorizons
Chapter7PhysicsorMetaphysics?:The"No-Boundary"Proposal
Chapter8ChallengesandControversy:AnUnexpectedSilenceandTimesArrows
Chapter9TheBest-SellingBookThat"NoOneRead":ABriefHistoryofTIme
Chapter10ToBoldlyGo:TimeTravelandTelevision
Chapter11Plays,P-branes,andPolls:PrivateLivesandPublicPronouncements
Chapter12BooksandBets:TheUniverseinaNutshellandtheEndofaParadox
EpilogueStephenHawking:ManVersusMyth
Appendixes:
A:GeneralRelativityandCosmology
B:TheLawsofThermodynamicsandBlackHoles
C:InflationaryCosmology
D:TheAdS/CFTCorrespondence
Glossary
SelectBibliography
Index
Vocabulary