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My Brief History

By Stephen Hawking

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My Brief History

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'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New Scientist My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Lavishly illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this concise, witty and candid account introduces readers to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him 'Einstein'; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of academia. Writing with characteristic humility and humour, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease aged twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onwards through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece A Brief History of Time - one of the iconic books of the twentieth century. Clear-eyed, intimate and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking's personal cosmos. 'Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it's worth reading for its message of hope' Mail on Sunday
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
127
Release Date:
2018-03-22
Publication Date:
2018-03-31
Publisher:
Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0857502638
ISBN13:
9780857502636
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
141 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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