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| Editor | Stephen Hawking |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Running Press |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 1280 |
| ISBN | 9780762416981 |
| OCLC | 50632825 |
| Preceded by | The Universe in a Nutshell |
| Followed by | A Briefer History of Time |
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy is a compilation of scientific texts edited and with commentary by the British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. [1] The book was published by Running Press in 2002. [2]
The book includes selections from the following works in English:
The book also includes five critical essays by Hawking and Hawking's biographies of the five scientists whose works are included. [2]