Stephen Hawking (53 page)

spacetime

baby universes and, 252

bent spacetime, 39–40, 86–87, 92, 96

black holes and, 83, 86–96, 135–136, 144, 164–166, 170, 253

dimensions of, 245, 346, 350, 353

particles through, 209, 213–215

theory of, 37–40, 347–351

tunnel through, 347–348, 353, 356

Speak to Me
, 367

spectrum, 123–124, 160, 285

speed of light, 31–37, 43, 98, 254, 348, 356, 387

Spencer, Lady Diana, 241

Spielberg, Steven, 331, 354

Spufford, Bridget, 323

Spufford, Margaret, 323

Star Trek: The Next Generation
, 368, 404

Starobinsky, Alex, 172, 245

static universe, 31, 40–41, 93

Status Quo, 318–319

Steinhardt, Paul, 218, 325–329

Stephen Hawking: A Quest for the Theory of Everything
, 271

Stephen Hawking's Universe
, 365

string theory, 303–306, 309

Stringfellow, Peter, 410–411

“sum-over-histories” approach, 207–214, 257–258, 354, 383–384

Sunday Mirror
, 289

Sunday Times
, 226, 290, 291

superdensity, 93, 96, 215, 249–250

supergravity, 303–304, 380

Super-Horizon
, 330

Superspace and Supergravity
, 239–240, 261

superstring theory, 305–306, 309

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
, 267

T

Tartar, Dick, 22

Taylor, John G., 154, 178

Tears for Fears, 260

Telegraph
, 241

Teresa, Mother, 224

Thatcher, Margaret, 190, 224

Theory of Everything, The
, 413–417

theory of relativity

expanding universe and, 31, 40–41, 46, 93–96

pulsars and, 126–128, 134–136

quantum mechanics and, 26, 152, 204–212, 274, 291

quantum physics and, 27, 177–178, 309

quantum theory and, 26–27, 164, 206–213, 301–309

thermodynamics, 166–167, 172–173, 176

Thin Blue Line, The
, 331–332

Thomson, Caroline, 330

Thorne, Kip, 156, 162–163, 180–182, 346–352, 356–357, 407

time and space, 35–40, 214–215, 350.
See also
spacetime

time loop, 353–356

time machine, 215, 346–358

Time
magazine, 287

time travel, 345–358

time warp, 35

Times
, 241, 292, 366

trajectories, 210, 213–214, 353, 384–385

Travelling to Infinity
, 413

Turner, Mike, 314–315, 326, 328

Tury, Wendy, 289

Tutu, Desmond, 273, 399

20/20
, 320

U

Universe in a Nutshell, The
, 362, 402

V

vacuum energies, 382–383

Varsity
, 374

velocities, 32–35

Very Early Universe, The
, 261

Vivaldi, Antonio, 322

W

Wagner, Richard, 72, 111, 275, 322, 360, 364

Wagoner, Robert, 133, 136

Warner, Nick, 190

wave-particle duality, 42–43, 208–209

“wavicles,” 43–44

Weinberg, Steven, 95, 131

Wheeler, John Archibald, 87, 128, 136, 164–165

white dwarfs, 87–89, 127, 161

Who's Who
, 205

Wilde, George, 106

Wilde, Jane, 70, 74, 81–82, 102–106.
See also
Hawking, Jane

Wiles, Andre John, 395

Wilkinson, Jonny, 395

Wilson, Harold, 143

Wilson, Robert, 130

Woltosz, Walt, 279

Wood-Smith, Nigel, 24

Woolley, Richard, 140

wormholes, 347–358

Wyndham, John, 11

X

X-ray astronomy, 160–162, 166

Y

Young's experiment, 207–209

Yurtsever, Ulvi, 350

Z

Zel'dovich, Yakov Boris, 151, 155–156, 172

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
, 290

zero energy, 173, 250

zero volume, 90, 136, 206–207, 212

zero-gravity flight, 397–398, 417

Zuckerman, Al, 265–267, 270–271, 281–284, 316, 329

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

M
ICHAEL
W
HITE
has the unique privilege of having been in three Top 10 charts—as a non-fiction writer, a novelist, and a pop musician. Formerly a member of the eighties band the Thompson Twins, he graduated from King's College, University of London and during the nineties worked as a journalist. He has since published thirty-nine books in thirty-eight languages including the award-winning
Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
and
Rivals
, short-listed for the 2002 Aventis Prize. His first hit novel,
Equinox
, was translated into thirty-five languages and became a UK Top 10 bestseller. Subsequent novels include
The Medici Secret, The Borgia Ring, The Art of Murder,
and
The Kennedy Conspiracy
.

Most recently, Michael has co-authored a thriller with James Patterson,
Private Down Under
.

He is currently developing a TV series called
The Venetian Detective
with Lion TV in London and has his own production company, White Diamond.

For more information, visit: www.michaelwhite.com.au

D
R.
J
OHN
G
RIBBIN
trained as an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge before becoming a full-time science writer. He has worked for the science journal
Nature
and the magazine
New Scientist
, and has contributed articles on science topics to the
Times
, the
Guardian
, and the
Independent
. He has received awards for his writing in both Britain and the United States and is currently a visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex. John Gribbin's books include
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, In Search of the Big Bang, In Search of the Edge of Time, In Search of Superstrings
(aka
The Search for Superstrings
),
Einstein: A Life in Science
(with Michael White),
Richard Feynman: A Life in Science
(with Mary Gribbin),
Erwin Schrödinger and the Quantum Revolution
(with Mary Gribbin),
Science: A History
, and
Before the Big Bang
. His latest is
Computing with Quantum Cats
. John Gribbin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

He is married with two sons and lives in East Sussex.

OTHER BOOKS BY MICHAEL WHITE INCLUDE

Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Tales of Bitter Rivalry that Fueled the Advancement
of Science and Technology

Darwin: A Life in Science
(with John Gribbin)

Einstein: A Life in Science
(with John Gribbin)

Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer

Leonardo: The First Scientist

Life Out There: The Truth of—and Search for—Extraterrestrial Life

Thompson Twin: An 80's Memoir

Tolkein: A Biography

The Pope and the Heretic: A True Story of Courage and Murder at the Hands of the Inquisition

Weird Science: An Expert Explains Ghosts, Voodoo, the UFO Conspiracy, and Other Paranormal Phenomena

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Almost Everyone's Guide to Science

The Birth of Time: How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe

A Brief History of Science

The Case of the Missing Neutrinos: And Other Curious Phenomena of the Universe

Companion to the Cosmos

Empire of the Sun: Planets and Moons of the Solar System
(with Simon Goodwin)

Eyewitness: Time & Space
(with Mary Gribbin)

Fire on Earth: Doomsday, Dinosaurs, and Humankind
(with Mary Gribbin)

Hyperspace: The Universe and Its Mysteries

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

In Search of the Big Bang: The Life and Death of the Universe

In Search of the Double Helix

In Search of the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes

In the Beginning: The Birth of the Living Universe

Origins: Our Place in Hubble's Universe
(with Simon Goodwin)

Q Is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics

Richard Feynman: A Life in Science
(with Mary Gribbin)

Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries

The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Everything

Stardust: Supernovae and Life: The Cosmic Connection
(with Mary Gribbin)

XTL: Extraterrestrial Life and How to Find It
(with Simon Goodwin)

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