{"product_id":"9780857502636","title":"My Brief History","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hawking, Stephen \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 22\/03\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 144 pages, 50 integrated personal pictures,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857502636,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear-eyed, intimate and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking’s personal cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it's worth reading for its message of hope' Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57697445216629,"sku":"9780857502636","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780857502636.jpg?v=1793097423","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9780857502636","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}