| Description |
1 online resource (74 pages). |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Postmodern encounters |
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Postmodern encounters.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Examines the pseudo-religious connotations of some of the key themes of Hawking's scientific work, and how these shed light not only on the Hawking cult itself, but also on the wider issue of how scientists represent themselves in the media. |
| Original Version |
Original: 74 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Contents |
The Hawking Phenomenon; A Brief History of Physics; The World of the Quantum; The Uncertain Universe; The Relativity Revolution; The Four Forces of Nature; The Drive for Unification; The Missing Link; Black Holes . . .; . . . and why they ain't so black; The Singular Nature of Gravity; The Bug in the Big Bang; Cleansing the Infinities; Time and Space, the Same but Different; The No-Boundary Hypothesis; Theories of Everything; Hawking in Perspective; The Mind of God; Further Reading; Key Ideas; |
| Subject |
Hawking, S. W. (Stephen William)
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Religion and science.
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Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
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| ISBN |
9781840465532 (electronic bk.) |
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1840465530 (electronic bk.) |
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9781840461244 |
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1840461241 |
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