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Language
English
Description
Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard's Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?-- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1290L
Language
English
Description
"In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind. Stephen Hawking was the most renowned scientist since Einstein, known both for his groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and for his mischievous sense of humor. He educated millions of readers about the origins of the universe and the nature of black holes, and inspired millions more...
Author
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
Stephen Hawking...
"...has overcome a crippling disease to become the supernova of world physics. Unable to write, or even speak clearly, he is leaping beyond the big bang, to the dance of geometry' that created the universe". Timothy Ferris, Vanity Fair.
"...can explain the complexities of cosmological physics with an engaging combination of clarity and wit... His is a brain of extraordinary power." The New York Review of Books.
"...clearly
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Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A shorter, more accessible edition of a now-classic survey of the origin and nature of the universe features new full-color illustrations and an expanded, easier to understand treatment of the volume's more important theoretical concepts.
Author
Publisher
New Millennium Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A series of lectures by the renowned physicist reviews past ideas from Aristotle to Newton and Einstein's theories of gravity, the Big Bang, and black holes and explores quantum mechanics and the time and space proposition.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Stephen Hawking's phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years since the release of his acclaimed first book.
One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Stephen...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of a young boy and his neighbor friend as they travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade an evil scientist.
Author
Series
George's secret key volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
George is heartbroken when his neighbor Annie and her space-scientist father move to Florida, but when Annie sends him a secret message telling him she has been contacted by aliens with a terrible warning, he joins her in a galaxy-wide search for answers. Includes scientific essays on space travel.
Author
Series
George's secret key volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
George tries to escape a host of problems by going to Switzerland to help his friend Annie's father, Eric, run an experiment exploring the origins of the universe, but faces saboteurs and a mysterious message from George's old nemesis, Reeper, there. Includes scientific essays exploring the latest theories on the origin of the universe.
Author
Series
George's secret key volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
George and Annie must travel further into space than ever before in order to prevent all computers from being hacked.
Author
Series
George's secret key volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
When George and Annie are selected as junior astronauts, it is a dream come true until they learn that strange things are happening on Earth as well as in the skies.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time...
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Stephen Hawking unfolds his personal, compelling vision of the biggest question of all: Who or what created the universe in which we live? The groundbreaking series into the Universe with Stephen Hawking combined cutting-edge computer graphics with Hawking's witty, distinctive and incisive world view. Now, the journey is taken a step further, as physics and cosmology become tools to answer questions that philosophers have struggled with for thousands...
