On the Shoulders of Giants : The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy

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Author: Hawking, Stephen

Astronomy, space & time

Published on 30 October 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 1280 pages
132 x 200 x 62 | 870g

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS tells a compelling story, using original papers from Einstein, Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler and Newton. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking explains how these works changed the course of science, ushering astronomy and physics out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world.