FewscientistsareasrecognizableasStephenHawking.DespitehavingAmyotrophicLateralSclerosis(LouGehrigsdisease)--anafflictionthatmanyexpertsexpectedtohavekilledhimdecadesagoHawkingremainsavitalandinfluentialvoiceinthescientificcommunity.Oneoftheleadingcosmologistsstudyingthecelestialphenomenonknownasblackholes,Hawkinghasalsoledthewayinpopularizingsciencewithhisbest-sellingworkABrierHistoryofTime.ThisbiographyofHawking,writtenbyaphysicist,providesanaccessibleintroductiontothelifeandworkofaninspirationalfigure.
StephenHawking."ABiographyprovidesanoverviewofthelifeandworkofthisbrilliantscientistthatcanbereadandappreciatedbystudentsandlaypeoplealike.Theauthorexaminesmanyaspectsofhisfascinatingcareer:
·Hawkingschildhoodandearlyeducation,andtheshockingdiagnosisofhisdisease:
·Hisearlyscientificworkonblackholesthatcementedhisreputationasascientist;
·HowHawkingmanagedtoremainaproductivescientistandscholardespitehavingadebilitatingillness.