This is the story of one of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century: Professor Stephen Hawking, the Cambridge University genius who has earned an international reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. His book A Brief History of Time has sold five and a half million copies worldwide and familiarized a whole generation with complex intensely exciting scientific theories.
When Kitty Ferguson approach Stephen Hawking with the idea of writing a book about him and asked him to help her make certain she understood his theories, he agreed to do so and in addition supplied her with material about his childhood and life. She also interviewed other eminent physicists about the next frontier of physics. The result is a book that is not a biography per se. Rather, it is the story of one man’s quest to find the Theory of Everything—a theory that would be nothing short of an explanation of the universe, and everything that happens in it.
Illustrated with personal photographs and numerous charts and drawings, this highly praised book is an invaluable volume for all who would like to know more about the man and his work.
Editorial Reviews
“This splendid, carefully researched study of the man and his ideas—based on interviews with hawking, a good knowledge of his subject, and many secondary sources—balances the fascination of physics (extremely well described) with the fascination of the man.” —Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His books for the general reader include My Brief History, the classic A Brief History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universes, The Universe in a Nutshell, and, with Leonard Mlodinow, A Briefer History of Time and The Grand Design. Stephen Hawking died in 2018.
