Great Lives in Graphics: Stephen Hawking

The Great Lives in Graphics series offers a novel approach to exploring the lives of famous and influential individuals. It compiles essential dates and achievements of each person's life and interweaves them with lesser-known facts and trivia, presenting them through infographics in a captivating visual style that appeals to both children and young adults.

This creates a colourful, fascinating, and often surprising portrayal of the individual's life, work, and legacy. Through timelines, maps, repeated motifs, and numerous other beautiful and informative illustrations, readers gain insight not only into the main subject of the book but also into the cultural context of the era in which that person lived.

You may already know that Stephen Hawking was a renowned scientist, but did you know he kept bees in his basement as a child or that he once ran over Prince Charles's toes with his wheelchair? This graphic retelling of Stephen's story provides children with a vibrant snapshot of his life and the world he was part of, while simultaneously educating them on topics ranging from black holes to the big bang.

Recommended for ages 8 to 12.