Seminar: Stephen Hawking and Quantum Gravity

Books by and about Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking: A Selected Bibliography

There are a large number of books by and concerning Stephen Hawking;
they range from highly technical physics books through to popular accounts of modern physics.
None of the popular accounts are really biographies in the traditional sense;
though they all have something to say about Stephen's life.

Non-technical and semi-technical books *by* Stephen Hawking: 


A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Stephen W Hawking
There are 6 different editions of this book.
Paperback, Trade Paper, Expanded - (September 1998)
Bantam Books
ISBN:0553380168
Price: $8.99-14.95

The Illustrated a Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. 
The publisher is out of stock. 
Hardcover Updated edition (November 1996) 
Bantam Books; ISBN: 0553103741 

Black holes and baby universes and other essays
Stephen W Hawking
Paperback, Trade Paper - (September 1994)
Bantam Books
ISBN:0553374117
Price: $6.50-14.36,

Books with significant contributions by Stephen Hawking: 


The Nature of Space and Time
by Stephen W. Hawking and Roger Penrose
Hardcover - 150 pages (January 8, 1996) 
Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 069103791

The Large, the Small & the Human Mind
edited by Malcolm Longair, 
contribution by Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright, and Stephen W. Hawking
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521655382
List Price: $12.95 
03/01/1999
128 pages

Books *about* Stephen Hawking: 


Stephen Hawking : Quest for a Theory of Everything
by Kitty Ferguson
Mass Market Paperback Reprint edition (August 1992) 
Bantam Books; ISBN: 055329895X

Stephen Hawking's Universe: 
An Introduction to the Most Remarkable Scientist of Our Time
by John Boslough
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Mass Market Paperback Reissue edition (February 1996) 
Avon; ISBN: 038070763

Stephen Hawking : A Life in Science
by Michael White
Paperback Reprint edition (June 1993) 
Plume; ISBN: 0452269881 

Stephen Hawking's Universe : The Cosmos Explained
by David Filkin, Stephen Hawking
Paperback - 304 pages 1 Ed edition (October 1998) 
Basic Books; ISBN: 0465081983

Music To Move The Stars
A Life With Stephen
by Jane Hawking
MacMillan, 1999.

Hawking and Black Holes (Big Idea Series)
by Paul Strathern
Paperback - 112 pages 1 Anchor edition (August 1998) 
Doubleday; ISBN: 0385492421 

Introducing Stephen Hawking
by J. P. McEvoy, Oscar Zarate (Contributor), 
Richard Appignanesi (Editor), S. Hawking
Paperback (September 1995) 
Totem Books; ISBN: 1874166250

Stephen Hawking and the Mind of God
by Peter Coles
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Paperback - 80 pages 0 edition (May 15, 2000) 
Totem Books; ISBN: 1840461241

The Importance of Stephen Hawking (The Importance of Series)
by Harry Henderson
Availability: This title is currently on back order. 
Hardcover (January 1995) 
Lucent Books; ISBN: 1560060506

Specialty items regarding physical disabilities: 

                                               
Stephen Hawking : Revolutionary Physicist 
(Great Achievers : Lives of the Physically Challenged)
by Melissa McDaniel, John F. Callahan, Jerry Lewis (Introduction)
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding - 111 pages (January 1994) 
Chelsea House Pub (Library); ISBN: 0791020789

Computer Resources for People With Disabilities: 
A Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology
by Alliance for Technology Access, Stephen Hawking (introduction).
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Paperback 2nd edition (September 1996) 
Hunter House; ISBN: 0897931963 ;

Young adult/children's books: 


Stephen Hawking : Solving the Mysteries of the Universe (Innovative Minds)
by Ron Cole
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Young Adult 
Library Binding - 112 pages (May 1998) 
Raintree/Steck Vaughn; ISBN: 0817244018

Stephen Hawking : Understanding the Universe (Picture-Story Biographies)
by Gail Sakurai
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 32 pages (October 1996) 
Children's Press; ISBN: 0516200550

Stephen Hawking; Unlocking the Universe
by Sheridan Simon                            
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks. 
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding - 112 pages (January 1991) 
Dillon Press; ISBN: 0875184553

Background information: 

         
Black Holes and Time Warps : Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
by Kip S. Thorne, Frederick Seitz (Introduction), Stephen Hawking
Paperback - 619 pages Reprint edition (January 1995) 
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393312763

Technical books *by* Stephen Hawking: 

         
The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time
by Stephen W. Hawking, G. F. Ellis
Paperback (February 1975) 
Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ISBN: 0521099064 

Three Hundred Years of Gravitation
by Stephen Hawking (Editor), Werner Israel (Editor)
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Paperback (April 1989) 
Cambridge Univ Pr  ISBN: 0521379768

Hawking on the Big Bang and Black Holes 
(Advanced Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Vol 8)
by Stephen W. Hawking
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Hardcover (September 1993) 
World Scientific Pub Co; ISBN: 9810210787
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