Part one of term paper
"Even as he sits helpless in his wheelchair, his mind seems to soar ever more brilliantly across the vastness of space and time to unlock the secrets of the universe." - Time "Brilliant book!" - Nick Donaldson, Bit Wrangler. This book was the first of Hawking's that I read, and still my favourite. If you haven't read it yet, I hearti ...

Part two of term paper
... The result is a truly enlightening book: a classic introduction to today's most important scientific ideas about the cosmos, and a unique opportunity to experience the intellect of one of the most imaginative, influential thinkers of out age. From the vantage point of the wheelchair where he has spent the last twenty years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Professor Hawking himself has transformed our view of the universe. His groundbreaking research into black holes offers clues to that elusive ...