{"product_id":"my-brief-history-stephen-hawking","title":"My Brief History: Stephen Hawking","description":"\u003cp\u003e'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Time\u003c\/i\u003e - one of the iconic books of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Clear-eyed, intimate and wise, \u003ci\u003eMy Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking's personal cosmos.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it's worth reading for its message of hope' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stephen-hawking-books\"\u003eStephen Hawking\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bantam Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780857502636\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bantam Books","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47914592665777,"sku":"SB-0857502638-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0857502638.jpg?v=1789527145","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-brief-history-stephen-hawking","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}