Stephen Hawking, the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
University, has made important theoretical contributions to
gravitational theory and has played a major role in the development
of cosmology and black hole physics.
Hawking's early work, partly in collaboration with Roger
Penrose, showed the significance of spacetime singularities for the
big bang and black holes. His later work has been concerned with a
deeper understanding of these two issues. The work required
extensive use of the two great intellectual achievements of the
first half of the Twentieth Century: general relativity and quantum
mechanics; and these are reflected in the reprinted articles.
Hawking's key contributions on black hole radiation and the
no-boundary condition on the origin of the universe are
included.
The present compilation of Stephen Hawking's most important work
also includes an introduction by him, which guides the reader
though the major highlights of the volume. This volume is thus an
essential item in any library and will be an important reference
source for those interested in theoretical physics and applied
mathematics.
It is an excellent thing to have so many of Professor Hawking's
most important contributions to the theory of black holes and
space-time singularities all collected together in one handy
volume. I am very glad to have them". Roger Penrose (Oxford)
"This was an excellent idea to put the best papers by Stephen
Hawking together. Even his papers written many years ago remain
extremely useful for those who study classical and quantum gravity.
By watching the evolution of his ideas one can get a very clear
picture of the development of quantum cosmology during thelast
quarter of this century". Andrei Linde (Stanford)
"This review could have been quite short: 'The book contains a
selection of 21 of Stephen Hawking's most significant papers with
an overview written by the author'. This would be sufficient to
convince any researcher, student or librarian to acquire the book,
so indisputable is the contribution of this man to the theoretical
physics of the last half of our century ... Collected together,
these brilliant works constitute a valuable contribution to the
literature on modern classical and quantum gravity and cosmology.
This book will certainly be a source of inspiration for new
generations of physicists entering into this fascinating area of
research". D Gal'tsov Classical & Quantum Gravity
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