Black Holes

Informationen zum Autor STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design , and Black Holes: The BBC Reith Lectures. He died on 14 March, 2018. Klappentext STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design , and Black Holes: The BBC Reith Lectures. He died on 14 March, 2018. Zusammenfassung In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that has fascinated him for decades - black holes. In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argues that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and time, we could unlock the secrets of the universe.

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Product details

• Authors: Stephen Hawking, Stephen W. Hawking
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780857503572
• ISBN: 978-0-85750-357-2
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 160 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; SCIENCE / Time, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Documentary, Documentary films, Cosmology & the universe, Astronomy, space & time, Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / General, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, Time (chronology), time systems and standards