My Brief History: Stephen Hawking

'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 s truggling 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 EAN: 9780857502636 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 2018 Autoren: Hawking, Stephen Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 127 Abbildungen: 50 integrated personal pictures Themenüberschrift: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities Keyword: the theory of everything; eddie redmayne; les miserables; sci fi books; quantum physics; brief history of time stephen hawking; quantum mechanics; a brief history of time hawking; jane hawking; books by stephen hawking; autobiography; biography; biographies; autobiographies; physics; education; health; space; medical; medicine Fachschema: Erinnerung / Philosophie, Pädagogik, Wissenschaften~Hawking, Stephen W.~Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung Fachkategorie: Autobiografien: allgemein~Populärwissenschaftliche Werke Interesse Alter: In Bezug auf Menschen mit sichtbaren oder verborgenen Behinderungen oder Beeinträchtigungen Imprint-Titels: Bantam Press Länge: 197 mm Breite: 130 mm Höhe: 11 mm Gewicht: 141 gr Produktform: Kartoniert Genre: Importe