基本信息出版社：Running Press
页码：1280 页
出版日期：2003年12月
ISBN：076241698X
International Standard Book Number：076241698X
条形码：9780762416981
EAN：9780762416981
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语

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World-renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of five classic works of physics and astronomy. His choice of landmark writings by some of the world's greatest thinkers traces the brilliant evolution of modern science and shows how each figure built upon the work of his predecessors. On the Shoulders of Giants includes On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus; Principia by Sir Isaac Newton; The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein; Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences by Galileo Galilei with Alfonso De Salvio; plus Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler. It also includes a biography of each featured physicist that explains the significance of his work.
作者简介 Stephen Hawking's most recent bestseller is The Universe in a Nutshell. His book A Brief History of Time has sold nearly 10 million copies in 40 different languages.
媒体推荐 ". . . Hawking gives these works a setting that is elegantly simple, and in its simplicity, effectively broadening." -- Publishers Weekly