On the Shoulders of Giants (book)

Book by Stephen Hawking
9780762416981OCLC50632825Preceded byThe Universe in a Nutshell Followed byA Briefer History of Time 

On 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

  1. ^ "On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics And Astronomy". Goodreads. goodreads.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b Larsen, Kristine (2005). Stephen Hawking: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 9780313323928.
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