On the Shoulders of Giants
In On the Shoulders of Giants, Stephen Hawking brings together the greatest works by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton and Einstein, showing how their pioneering discoveries changed the way we see the world.
From Copernicus’ revolutionary claim that the earth orbits the sun and Kepler’s development of the laws of planetary motion to Einstein’s interweaving of time and space, each scientist built on the theories of their predecessors to answer the questions that had long mystified humanity. Hawking also provides fascinating glimpses into their lives and times – Galileo’s trial in the Papal inquisition, Newton’s bitter feuds with rivals and Einstein absent-mindedly jotting notes that would lead to his Theory of Relativity while pushing his baby son’s pram. Depicting the great challenges these men faced and the lasting contributions they made, Hawking explains how their works transformed the course of science – and gave us a better understanding of the universe and our place in it. |
Reviews of this book"Hawking has given these works a setting that is elegantly simple and, in its simplicity, effectively broadening."
Publisher's Weekly "The revolutionary scientific writings of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein are here gathered into one monumental book." Booklist "Hawking has done us a favour by dusting down a set of historical masterpieces and encouraging us to look at them afresh. Each is, in a sense, a literary masterpiece ... To describe their authors as geniuses would be to trivialise their achievement" The Times Higher Education Supplement Purchase this bookClick here to purchase this book through Amazon.
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