My Brief History My Brief History

My Brief History

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Publisher Description

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Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution.

 
My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking’s improbable journey, from his postwar 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 particular black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of physics and cosmology.
 
Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of ALS at age twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onward 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.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2013
September 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
144
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
13.2
MB

Customer Reviews

RiccoV ,

A bit disappointing.

The title is misleading. I'd expected to learn more of Dr. Hawking as a person, but relationships and such are peripheral. Much of the book repeats observations and concepts already discussed and displayed in past works.

Stephen, we wanted to know you! ,are defined by nothing but your work? How sad for you and your family.

whitneyyyyyy~~~~ ,

my favorite <3

Of all his books, this one is my favorite. The way Hawking writes is very different; he allows us to get to know him through his writing-style. A lot of his theories from previous works are repeated, true—- however, they are a big part of who he is & if he can’t explain who he without them, perhaps we can use them to understand this brilliant mind. Grateful to get to know you, Professor Hawking. <3

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