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'When one is faced with the possibility of early death, it makes one realise that life is worth living.' - Stephen Hawking An insatiable curiosity and appreciation for life powered Stephen Hawking to the furthest reaches of the universe and human achievement. During his remarkable lifetime,...
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The landmark biography of the world-famous cosmologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Time, by Costa Award-winning biographer, Graham Farmelo
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'When one is faced with the possibility of early death, it makes one realise that life is worth living.' - Stephen Hawking
An insatiable curiosity and appreciation for life powered Stephen Hawking to the furthest reaches of the universe and human achievement. During his remarkable lifetime, he shed light on many of the mysteries of black holes and made key contributions to our understanding of the beginnings of the universe, all while captivating the world and selling more than 25 million copies of A Brief History of Time.
A brilliant theoretical physicist, Hawking lived one of the most extraordinary lives of the past century. And yet, none of this should have been possible. Aged 21, he was given only a few years to live and spent the next fifty-five showing what can be achieved despite near-hopeless odds.
Drawing on his parents' previously unseen letters and diaries, and exclusive interviews with Stephen's family, friends and closest colleagues, Costa Award-winning biographer and physicist Graham Farmelo reveals the complex man behind the theories and global celebrity. This book explores the resilience, fortitude, and support that enabled him to defy his life-limiting diagnosis.
Vividly told and rigorously researched, Hawking is the definitive portrait of an exceptional man and extraordinary intellect.
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ISBN: 9781529339345
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Illustration: N/A
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 608
About the Author
Graham Farmelo is a prize-winning biographer and physicist. His biography of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Paul Dirac, The Strangest Man, won the Costa Biography Award and the LA Science Prize. Farmelo is a fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, a regular visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and winner of the Kelvin Prize for his contribution to the public understanding of physics.
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