3-Minute Stephen Hawking; His life, theories, and influence in 3-minute particles

by Paul Parsons, Gail Dixon, John Gribbin (Foreword)

Stephen Hawking var verdens mest begavede teoretiske fysiker siden Einstein. Han var kanskje vårt største vitenskapelige geni i moderne tid, og som populærvitenskapelig forfatter forklarte han på mesterlig vis vanskelige temaer for vanlige folk. I tillegg var Hawkins en ivrig forkjemper for sosiale og politiske saker, som funksjonshemmedes rettigheter.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Biography, Physics

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Jenny Delandro · Rating 3 out of 5]

My inner geek is satisfied with this abridged history of SH and his discoveries...

Some things were too short - but I can read up on those separately..

Clever idea... designed to be read in 3 hours...
"each of the 3 chapters in the book breaks down into 20 sections.....each section has 3 paragraphs... each paragraph will take about a minute to read, meaning that each section will take roughly 3 minutes.. hence the Title"

[William Schram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stephen Hawking was a fascinating and inspiring man. He was a brilliant theoretical physicist, a passionate advocate for human rights, a loving father, and a pop culture icon. Sadly, he died on March 14, 2018, but his legacy lives on in his writings and ideas. "3-Minute Stephen Hawking" covers those ideas and his life in bite-sized chunks.

The first things that come to mind when thinking of Hawking are his voice and his wheelchair. Both the voice synthesizer and the wheelchair stem from the same source; Hawking had ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. When he contracted this illness, it was supposed to kill him in two to three years. Sometime in the 1980s, Hawking had to undergo a Tracheotomy. Thankfully, technology kept pace with the progression of his illness.

Professor Hawking was Einstein's successor. He expanded some of Einstein's theories to fit Black Holes and discovered Hawking Radiation in the process. For those who don't know, a Black Hole is a section of spacetime where there is an infinite curvature, a singularity. Nature abhors exposed singularities, so it is protected from our probing and understanding by the Event Horizon.

Hawking comes along one day in the 1970s and realizes that Black Holes should emit faint radiation. Hawking Radiation is his most familiar result. I read another book by Leonard Susskind about the Black Hole Information Paradox.

Hawking is one of the people who got me interested in Physics and Science. I could talk about it for hours, but I have other things to do today. On another note, the copy I own chronicles Hawking's life to the very end. It is somewhat confusing since the copyright is 2017.

[Etienne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bien que j'adore l'homme dont il est question, je n'ai pas vraiment aimé ce livre, moi qui suis pourtant fan de la série en 30 secondes, série similaire, mais différente en même temps. J'ai trouvé que l,on était trop dans sa vie, la portion biographique était intéressante certes, mais elle prend trop de place, et que les parties sur ses théories étaient répétitives et trop en surface, on n'approfondit pas suffisament et le travail de vulgarisation reste assez laborieux. Oui, le sujet est complexe et le vulgariser n'est pas une chose simple, mais c'est l'objectif du livre, alors si on ne s'en sent pas capable, on aurait peut-être dû s'abstenir. Un trois étoiles qui frole le 2,5. Je m'attendais à bien mieux!

[Derrick Monk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting scientist, his work despite his disability was inspiring. This stuff is beyond my level of knowledge but relativity, gravity and time/space has always been interesting. Read only if science interest you

[Greg Parrott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok... Nothing in depth, but it isn't meant to be. Great if you've never heard of Hawking.

[Daniel Barrero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me pareció un libro muy incompleto para lo que esperaba, ya que lo empecé esperando que fuera un libro acerca de las teorías y trabajo de Stephen Hawking pero a mi parecer termino siendo un resumen mal hecho.

[Annabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interessant en goed vormgegeven maar van zijn theorieën snap ik geen ene fluit. Iemand zonder natuurkundige voorkennis over het heelal is het niet aan besteed.

Gelukkig kon ik erg veel wel meedenken maar ik bevat toch nog niet helemaal wat hij precies heeft ondekt en hoe het precies in elkaar steekt. Jammer.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of interesting info about the man and his ideas.