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प्रश्न
Make a list of books written by Stephen Hawking.
| Name of the book | What’s in it? (topics covered) | His contribution to the world |
| 1. _______________ | (a)_______________ | |
| 2. _______________ | (b) _______________ | |
| 3. _______________ | (c) _______________ | |
| 4. _______________ | (d) _______________ |
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उत्तर
| Book |
What's in it? (topics covered) |
His contribution to the world |
|
1. A Brief History of Time |
1. Overview of space and time, existence of God and the future |
1. An account of cosmology for the masses |
|
2. The Universe in a Nutshell |
2. Guide to cosmology's big theories |
2. Illustrated easier to understand |
|
3. A Briefer History of Time |
3. Touched upon newest developments in the field like the String theory |
3. Simplified the original work's core concepts |
|
4. The grand design |
4. God could not have create a universe |
4. The big bang was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics and nothing more. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they had :
| ‘A' | ‘B’ |
| (1) John Milton | The great German composer and musician who became deaf at the age of 28 years |
| (2) Beethoven | The great English poet who became blind at the age of 43 years. |
| (3) Stephen Hawking | An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had a learning disability. |
| (4) Walt Disney | Famous scientist of the 20th century who was paralyzed. |
| (5) Albert Einstein | A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a learning disability and became deaf. |
| (6) Thomas Edison | Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who had a learning disability. |
| (7) Hellen Keller | Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an accident. |
| (8) Sudha Chandran | Was blind and deaf. |
| (9) Tanay Grey-Thompson | Had polio and was elected as the President of the United States for four terms. |
| (10) Franklin Roosevelt | Is a wheelchair racer. |
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(a) __________________ (d) __________________
(b) _________________ (e) __________________
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Though Hawking lost control over his body, he writes with a prolific rate with the help of assistants.
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Hawking’s book ‘The Universe in a Nutshell’ offered an illustrated guide to cosmology’s big theories.
