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DescriptionIntroducing Stephen Hawking: A Graphic Guide (Introducing) by J.P. McEvoy (Author), Oscar Zarate (Illustrator) {Bindaredundat}  Format: epub / mobi / pdf Product Details File Size: 43796 KB Print Length: 176 pages Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; Revised edition edition (June 5th 2014) Publication Date: June 5, 2014 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B00KFEK0OW ISBN: 978-184831-777-2 Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled  Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in "The Simpsons on his CV", but outside his academic field his work is little understood. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. Hawking's major contribution to science has been to integrate the two great theories of 20th-century physics - Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. J.P. McEvoy and Oscar Zarate's brilliant graphic guide explores Hawking's life, the evolution of his work from his days as a student, and his breathtaking discoveries about where these fundamental laws break down or overlap, such as on the edge of a Black Hole or at the origin of the Universe itself.  Biography J.P. McEvoy was born in the USA and received his B.S. in physics and mathematics at St. Joseph's College (now University). After receiving the Masters Degree in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, he worked as a research physicist at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in NJ. Named the David Sarnoff Doctoral Fellow, he received the PhD in physics from the University of London. He returned to the USA as an associate at the RCA Laboratories in Princeton, NJ and for the next 15 years worked in solid state physics as a research scientist and university professor in the USA, Switzerland and Britain. He has published over 50 papers, mostly on the low temperature properties of metals. At Clark University in Massachusetts from 1968-1973, McEvoy played a leading part in the radical movement among academics to make physics more accessible to the non- specialist. He developed courses in physics and astronomy for students from the arts, the humanities and the social sciences using an historical approach initially inspired by the Harvard Project Physics course. He returned to London as Head of Physics at the American School in London (ASL). Now a populariser of physics and astronomy, he has been involved in journalism and radio broadcasting. In 1999 his book, Eclipse, the study of the history of solar eclipses, was published by Fourth Estate in Britain and Berlin Verlag in Germany. His two guides written for Icon Books, Introducing Stephen Hawking, and Introducing Quantum Theory have been acclaimed world wide and and translated into a dozen languages. His latest book for Constable/Robinson A Brief History of the Universe, is selling throughout the English-speaking world. Recently, he received the prestigious founder's award given by the American School in London for Inspiring and Dedicated Service to Education. He lives in London with his wife Patricia, a family therapist.  Sharing Widget |