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The Newton Handbook. by Gjertsen, Derek [Stephen Hawking] - 1986
by Gjertsen, Derek [Stephen Hawking]
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The Newton Handbook.
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London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986. First edition of this work on Newton. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, like Newton, held the post as Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Both Newton and Hawking's scientific works focused on gravity, with Hawking's research mainly looking at gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Hawking may be one of the most recognizable of theoretical physicists in part due to ALS, which gradually paralyzed him over the decades. After the loss of his speech, he was able to communicate through a speech-generating device--initially through use of a handheld switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle. He is also well known since he achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discussed his theories and cosmology in general. His book, A Brief History of Time, appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. In this book, Hawking called Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, probably the most important single work ever published in the physical sciences. He refers to Newton at least 70 times in this work and most likely used The Newton Handbook as a resource. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A wonderful association linking Hawking and Newton, made all the more interesting as Hawking is buried next to Newton in Westminster Abbey. The aim of Derek Gjertsen's Newton Handbook is to guide the nonspecialist through the vast corpus of Newtoniana, and its sweep is correspondingly broad. The Handbook focuses on Newton's life and writings and what Gjertsen calls the "Newtoniana legend", but about half of the more than 400 entries are devoted to personalities associated in various ways with Newton: his scientific predecessors, contemporaries, relatives, followers, detractors, an even historians of science.
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- Publisher Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1986
- Keywords gravity, Issac Newton, physics, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Hawking First Edition
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London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy in dark blue hard covers of this 665-page volume, in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1986. Fine. Hardcover. 0710202792 . First edition 8vo xiv + 465 pages Fine blue cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. Presents in convenient one volume format comprehensive summaries of Newton's works with full bibliographical details. .
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Routledge, 1986 8vo (24 cm), XIV, 665 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The book present in convenient one-volume format comprehensive summaries of Newton's works with full bibliographical details. This is a remarkable achievement, since the range of Newton's own works, published and unpublished, is vast, and the sheer volume of writings on Newton makes much of it inaccessible to all but specialist scholar. In total there are over 500 entries, arranged in alphabetical order, covering every aspect of Newton's life and work.
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Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986. Light wear, hinges weak, unmarked, 665pp, VG/VG.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.
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