Stephen Hawking: A Life in ScienceThe definitive portrait of the world's most brilliant scientist--the heir to Albert Einstein. Scarcely able to move or speak as a result of Lou Gehrig's Disease, Hawking has vastly expanded our scientific knowledge while waging a 25-year battle with a disease that usually kills within five years. |
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The Day Galileo Died | 1 |
Classical Cosmology | 21 |
Going Up | 40 |
Copyright | |
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