Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, like Sir Isaac Newton before him, is a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. He is the author of numerous papers and books, including the phenomenally successful 1988 publication, A Brief History of Time, which remained on the New York Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. His recent book, The Universe in a Nutshell, was also a bestseller. Curiously, Hawking was born 300 years to the day after Galileo died.Hawking, Stephen W. is the author of 'Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy', published 2004 under ISBN 9780762418985 and ISBN 0762418982.