Book description
At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world...
Black holes have long been a topic of fascination, from pop culture
to science fiction. Stephen Hawking's discoveries and research on
black holes and cosmology have made him an academic celebrity and
perhaps the best-known scientist of our time. His book, A Brief
History of Time, was a record-breaking, worldwide bestseller and his
Big Ideas have changed the way we view the world and the universe, for ever.
Hawking & Black Holes tells the incredible story of Hawking's
early life in which he created his own complicated board games, to his
being diagnosed with AML, and his subsequent brilliant research into
black holes and the cosmos. Hawking's Big Idea is presented in an
accessible and engrossing way, providing an explanation of the meaning
and importance of his discoveries, and the way his work has changed
and influenced our lives today.
The Big Idea series is a fascinating look at the greatest
advances in our scientific history, and at the men and women who made
these fundamental breakthroughs.
Paul Strathern was born in London and studied philosophy at Trinity
College, Dublin. He was a lecturer at Kingston University where he
taught philosophy and mathematics. He is a Somerset Maugham
prize-winning novelist of
A Season in Abyssinia
, as well as four other novels. He is also the author of the
Philosophers in 90 Minutes
series
.
He wrote
Mendeleyev's Dream
which was shortlisted for the Aventis Science Book Prize,
Dr.
Strangelove's Game: A History of Economic Genius
,
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
,
Napoleon in Egypt
and most recently,
The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior
,
which details the convergence of three of Renaissance Italy's most
brilliant minds: Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare
Borgia. He lives in London and has three grandchildren.
