Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1. The Day Galileo Died; 3 2. Classical Cosmology; 4 3. Going Up; 5 4. Doctors and Doctorates; 6 5. From Black Holes to the Big Bang; 7 6. Marriage and Fellowship; 8 7. Singular Solutions; 9 8. The Breakthrough Years; 10 9. When Black Holes Explode; 11 10. The Foothills of Fame; 12 11. Back to the Beginning; 13 12. Science Celebrity; 14 13. When the Universe Has Babies; 15 14. A Brief History of Time; 16 15. The End of Physics?; 17 16. Hollywood, Fame, and Fortune; 18 17. A Brief History of Time Travel; 19 18. Stephen Hawking: Superstar; 20 Notes; 21 About the Authors; 22 Index

About the Author

Michael White and John Gribbin