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Hawking
Stephen Hawking, a British theoretical physicist. In 1974 he showed that black holes give off a faint radiation, and he pinned down Bekenstein's entropy formula.
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, Brian Greene
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- The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, Brian Greene
- Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe, Brian Greene
Stephen Hawking, a British theoretical physicist. In 1974 he calculated that a black hole does not only swallow: it glows faintly and, over an unimaginably long time, evaporates completely.
- The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth, Michio Kaku
Stephen Hawking was a British theoretical physicist known for his work on black holes and for his book A Brief History of Time. He backed the Starshot project at its launch.