On the Shoulders of Giants (book)
Book by Stephen Hawking
9780762416981On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy is a compilation of scientific texts edited and with commentary by the British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.[1] The book was published by Running Press in 2002.[2]
Content
The book includes selections from the following works in English:
- On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus, which explains Copernicus' theory of heliocentrism: that the Sun, rather than Earth, lies in the center of the universe
- Two New Sciences by Galileo Galilei explains Galileo's discoveries in physics
- Mystery of the Cosmos, Harmony of the World and Rudolphine Tables by Johannes Kepler, which describes Kepler's theories and observations in astronomy
- Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) by Sir Isaac Newton
- The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein
The book also includes five critical essays by Hawking and Hawking's biographies of the five scientists whose works are included.[2]
References
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- A Brief History of Time (1991)
- Hawking (2004)
- Hawking (2013)
- The Theory of Everything (2014)
- God, the Universe and Everything Else (1988)
- Stephen Hawking's Universe (1997 documentary)
- Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe (2008 documentary)
- Genius of Britain (2010 series)
- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010 series)
- Brave New World with Stephen Hawking (2011 series)
- Genius by Stephen Hawking (2016 series)
- Jane Wilde Hawking (first wife)
- Lucy Hawking (daughter)
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