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My Brief History by Stephen Hawking

Wysyłka w ciągu | 10-15 dni |
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ISBN | 9780857502636 |
EAN | 9780857502636 |
'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New ScientistMy 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
- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Bantam (22 Mar. 2018)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0857502638
- ISBN-13: 978-0857502636
- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1 x 19.8 cm