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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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The assistants and the machines -- The students -- The diagrams -- The media -- Reading Hawking's presence -- An interview with a self-effacing man -- At the beginning of forever -- Archiving Hawking -- The thinker -- Hawking meets Hawking -- Conclusion: a recurring question -- From exemplum to cipher |
| Summary |
These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. One wonders where the individual, the person, the human, and the body are-or, alternatively, where they stop. These are the kinds of questions Hélène Mialet explores in this fascinating volume, as she focuses on a man who is permanently attached to assemblages of machines, devices, and collectivities of people: Stephen Hawking. Drawing on an extensive and in-depth series of interviews wi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018
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| SUBJECT |
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018 fast |
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Physicists -- Great Britain
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People with disabilities in science.
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Communication in science.
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Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
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Mind and body.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Communication in science
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Mind and body
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People with disabilities in science
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Physicists
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Self-help devices for people with disabilities
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011050728 |
| ISBN |
9780226522296 |
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0226522296 |
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1280699671 |
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9781280699672 |
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9786613676658 |
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6613676659 |
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