Through this valuable edition, the physicist-phenomenon Stephen Hawking achieves a unique combination: intricately weaves the historical canvas of science and our evolving perception of the Universe, adorning it with the handwritten diamonds of revolutionary thinking.
Professor Hawking takes the reader on a journey through the world of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Einstein, through emotionally charged scenes that marked the life of each one and science itself. And as if the atmosphere of each "giant" individually is not enough, the distinguished physicist intensifies the tension and mystery by presenting their original manuscripts.
Reading Newton's "Principia," Kepler's "Harmonies of the World," Einstein's "Theory of Relativity," Galileo's "Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences," and Copernicus' "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres," the reader is impressed by the clarity and erudition of their creators, while at the same time - from the exciting biographical texts - realizes under what difficult conditions their ideas were formulated. Because what else can one feel other than emotion as they see Galileo kneeling, with trembling lips, reciting the handwritten renunciation of his ideas in front of the Holy Inquisition, just before whispering "And yet it moves"...