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What this book brings to the already crowded domain of Hawking lore is a rather successful merger of biography and physics. As it traces the course of Hawking's life, it pauses occasionally to prepare the reader for the mind- boggling complexities of relativity theory and the even more bizarre notions of quantum physics -- twin pillars on which Hawking has constructed his theories -- which he is currently attempting to unite in an all- encompassing theory. The authors characterize their early review of Newton's classical theory of gravitation, for example, as "a gentle workout in the foothills before we head...
Mystique and faddish lore have long surrounded these essential biochemical ; compounds. Consider vitamins C and E. "Somebody has made practically every claim you could dream of about these vitamins," points out John Hathcock, chief of the experimental-nutrition branch of the Food and Drug Administration. People have been gobbling vitamin C for 20 years in the certainty that it can cure the common cold, though evidence is still lacking. Vitamin E has been wildly popular for four decades because of its putative power to enhance sexual performance. In fact, studies indicate only that it is necessary for normal fertility...
...since Bogart the cat died has The Crimson lost such a standard piece of our tradition and lore...
...yellow pages features a photo of a beaming, grandmotherly Zelda Fischer. But Gentlepeople, the dating service founded by Fischer ten years ago, bears little resemblance to the old village matchmakers of shtetl lore...
...Krayer slipped a slow backhand into the Minnesota net to secure Harvard men's hockey program its first-ever NCAA championship. It is forever known in Harvard lore as The Goal...