stephen hawking

I inherited a copy of a 1990 paperback of Hawking's book. By far I read more fiction and history than science (including popular science). I have often seen this book mentioned. For a decided nonspecialist, is this still by and large worth reading, or is it seriously outdated enough that I...

The BBC reports that Stephen Hawking's last paper has been published, in which he tackled the idea of multiverses and asserted that they must follow the same laws of physics as in this universe: Prof Hawking's multiverse finale On the surface, it sounds simple enough, though I doubt most people...

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. A truly brilliant mind, and a great communicator, in defiance of his physical handicaps. RIP.

In a Q&A session, Professor Stephen Hawking warned that the biggest danger to humanity was scientific progress itself: Hawking: Humans at risk of lethal 'own goal' - BBC News

"Our weapons are useless" is often the Earthers' cry when faced with hostile intelligent aliens. In the following article in the Times Stephen Hawking reckons aliens are out there but we should be wary of inviting a smart ET home to tea. He likens it to Europeans landing in North America in the...

There is so much talk about how scifi should be written, but what if you're one of the biggest minds on face of the Earth. How would you do it? Here's a review to Lucy (his daughter) and Stephen Hawking's book George-s Secret Key to the Universe. The Geekly Reader: George's Secret Key to the...

Not sure this is the correct place for this, as the book is for 9 to 12 year olds (according to Amazon, at least) rather than teens, but I just read an excerpt on line and found it quite charming, enough so that I'll likely go out and buy and read it. It seems that Lucy Hawking and her father...