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My Brief History

Door Stephen Hawking

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#426699-XQ34
Titel	My Brief History
Auteur	Hawking, Stephen
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Bantam
Jaar van uitgave	2013
ISBN10	0593072529
ISBN13	9780593072523
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Originele hardcover met goudopdruk op rug, stofomslag, illustraties in z/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inwards for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawkingâe(tm)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 âe~Einsteinâe(tm); the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a black hole; and the young husband and father st... (Lees verder)ruggling 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 âe" 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 Hawkingâe(tm)s personal cosmos.
Pagina's	127
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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