Suppose you and I still wondered whether all of the pinpoints of light in the night sky are the same distance from us. Suppose none of our contemporaries could tell us whether the Sun orbits the Earth, or vice versa, or even how large the Earth is. Suppose no one had guessed there are mathematical laws underlying the motions of the heavens.How would - how did - anyone begin to discover these numbers and these relationships without leaving the Earth? What made anyone even think it w...

This is the story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts. Einstein said that the most incredible thing about our universe was that it was comprehensible at all. As Kitty Ferguson explains, Pythagoras had much the same idea - but 2,500 years earlier. Though known by many only for his famous Theorem, in fact the pillars of our scientific tradition - belief that the universe...

The extraordinary, unlikely tale of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler and their enormous contribution to astronomy and understanding of the cosmos is one of the strangest stories in the history of science.Kepler was a poor, devoutly religious teacher with a genius for mathematics. Brahe was an arrogant, extravagant aristocrat who possessed the finest astronomical instruments and observations of the time, before the telescope. Both espoused theories that seem off-the-wall to modern mi...

What is a black hole? Could we survive a visit to one? Perhaps even venture inside? What would we find? Have we yet discovered any real black holes?And what do black holes teach us about what physicist John Archibald Wheeler called “the deep, happy, mysteries of the universe”?These are just a few of the tantalizing questions examined in this jargon-free review of one of the most fascinating topics in modern science. In search of the answers, we trace a star from its birth t...

In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given two years to live. Defying all the odds, he died in March 2018 at age seventy-six as the most celebrated scientist in the world. This carefully researched and updated biography and tribute gives a rich picture of Hawking's remarkable life - his childhood, the heart-rending beginning of his struggle with motor neurone disease, his ever-increasing international fame, and his long personal battle for survival in pursuit of a scientific understanding of the un...

A biografia e a ciência de Stephen Hawking (autor de Uma Breve História do Tempo) contada no momento em que se assinalam os seus 70 anos.

Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21 and was expected to live for only another two years. He went on to write books and deliver public lectures right up until his death at the age of 76 in 2018. Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general. His book A Brief History of Time, a layman's guide to cosmology, appeared on the Sunday Times best-seller list for...

POIKKEUKSELLISEN AJATTELIJAN POIKKEUKSELLINEN ELÄMÄ"Hei. Nimeni on Stephen Hawking. Olen fyysikko, kosmologi ja aikamoinen uneksija. Vaikka en pystykään liikkumaan ja joudun puhumaan tietokoneeni välityksellä, omassa mielessäni olen vapaa."Stephen Hawking on aikamme kenties kuuluisin fyysikko, joka tunnetaan ennen kaikkea maailmankaikkeutemme syntyä ja olemusta luotaavasta tutkimuksestaan - ja taidostaan esittää se kansantajuisessa muodossa. Lahjakkaan mutta laiskan yliopis...

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SHE SAW THE MURDER. NOW SHE'S THE WEAPON.When sex worker Kitty witnesses a brutal stabbing in a motel parking lot, she thinks she's finally found her way out. She's the key witness. The police will protect her. Everything will change.Trapped in protective custody that's really a gilded cage, Kitty does what she's always done: she survives. But this time, she's not running. She's fighting back. Using her intelligence, her sexuality, and her ability to read people like an ope...