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Title: Introducing Stephen Hawking by J. P. McEvoy, Oscar Zarate, Richard Appignanesi, S. W. Hawking ISBN: 1-874166-25-0 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: So Hawking wants to win the Nobel prize does he
Comment: I read this book as a science work, not as a promotional biography.
As popular writings of modern physics go this is a rather good account of modern cosmology. The author has a physics background thus making the science fairly honest. The writing is linear with ample asides to bring the reader up to speed on important concepts. The brevity of the writing bespeaks compatification, not loss.
The problem is that Hawking wants to win the Nobel Prize something fierce. The author is out to lend his support to a fellow Britisher by publishing this unabashed Nobel promo (the closing pages give a summation of why Hawking should win the big one). As far as the cartoony format goes the caricatures seem to be directed at those physicists and religious figures (generally dead) the author wants to relegate to supporting roles to the great one. If you can get around these prejudices you will find a good read.
Rating: 4
Summary: good descprtion of general concepts :)
Comment: I was a bit reluctant to like this book when I first read it because of its abundance of cartoons that appeared to be quite cheaply drawn. It also belonged to part of a larger series of 'Introducing' books and I'm always reluctant to like those because they always seem to be directed towards making a profit rather than providing good information.
Contrary to my first impressions, the book was actually fairly good and informative. It covers a good part of Stephen Hawking's life as well as some background in fundamentals of physics so you can grasp some of his ideas. Although soem cartoons are completely gratuitous others actually provide extra clarification on the ideas expressed.
The book gives a very broad overview over Stephen Hawking's ideas. Specifically his theories concerning black hole radiation. Some stuff was a bit hard for me to grasp (atleast to understand all the little details was near impossible) but the book illustrates the general ideas very well :)
Rating: 5
Summary: Aaah, so thats how space time works.....
Comment: Cartoons, comic book style, sumo wrestlers - all these will from now on be associated with astronomy and quantum theory, thanks to this book. If like me you are just reading for general interest this book will explain it all, but without bogging it down with detail. A good read, and now I feel confident to read Hawkings book 'A brief history of time'.
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Title: A Brief History of Time : The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition by STEPHEN HAWKING ISBN: 0553380168 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Introducing the Universe (Introducing...(Totem)) by Felix Pirani, Christine Roche ISBN: 1840460687 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Stephen Hawking's Universe by John Boslough ISBN: 0380707632 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Introducing Mathematics (Introducing...(Totem)) by Ziauddin Sardar, Jerry Ravetz, Borin Van Loon, Richard Appignanesi, Ziaddin Sardar, Borin Van Loon ISBN: 1840460113 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by S. W. Hawking, Stephen W. Hawking ISBN: 1893224546 Publisher: New Millennium Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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