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		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	A brief history of time / Stephen Hawking. by Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Edition: Bantam trade paperback ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QB981 H384B 1998. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The universe in a nutshell / Stephen Hawking by Hawking, Stephen W, 1942- Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Bantam Press, 2001 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QC174.12 H384U. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	A brief history of time / Stephen Hawking by Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Edition: Updated and expanded tenth anniversary ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Bantam, 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QB981 H384B 1998. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Harmonies of the world book five / by Johannes Kepler ; edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking by Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 Hawking, Stephen, 1942- [ed.] Series: On the shoulders of giants Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QB41 K464H. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Dialogues concerning two new sciences / by Galileo Galilei ; edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking by Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Hawking, Stephen, 1942- [ed.] Series: On the shoulders of giants Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QC123 G344D. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Selections from the principle of relativity / by Albert Einstein ; edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 Hawking, Stephen, 1942- [ed.] Series: On the shoulders of giants Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QC173.55 E367S. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	On the revolutions of Heavenly Spheres / by Nicolaus Copernicus ; edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking by Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 Hawking, Stephen, 1942- [ed.] Series: On the shoulders of giants Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QB41 C663O. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Principia / by Isaac Newton ; edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking by Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1643-1727 Hawking, Stephen, 1942- [ed.] Series: On the shoulders of giants Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QA803 N487P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	George's secret key to the universe / Lucy & Stephen Hawking with Christophe Galfard ; illustrated by Garry Parsons by Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Galfard, Christophe Parsons, Garry [ill.] Edition: Corgi ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: London : Corgi, 2008 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (2)Call number: Fic H384G, ... Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	George's secret key to the universe / Lucy & Stephen Hawking with Christophe Galfard ; illustrated by Garry Parsons by Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Galfard, Christophe Parsons, Garry [ill.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Fic H384G. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)