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Recommended by Stephen Hawking
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4 BOOKs-
The Principia
Selected and championed by Hawking in his edited anthology 'On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy' (2002), with his own critical essay and biography of Newton.
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Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
Selected and championed by Hawking in 'On the Shoulders of Giants' (2002), with his own introductory essay and biography of Galileo.
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The Principle of Relativity
Selected and championed by Hawking in 'On the Shoulders of Giants' (2002), with his own critical essay and biography of Einstein.
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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Selected and championed by Hawking as the opening work in 'On the Shoulders of Giants' (2002), with his own introductory essay and biography of Copernicus.