The universe in a nutshell
Main Author: | Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018 |
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Other Authors: | Prebble, Simon. |
Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Random House Audio,
p2001.
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Subjects: |
Item Description: |
Unabridged. |
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Physical Description: |
4 sound discs (ca. 4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN: |
055371449X : |
Author Notes: |
In 1963, he learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neuromuscular wasting disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The disease confined him to a wheelchair and reduced his bodily control to the flexing of a finger and voluntary eye movements, but left his mental faculties untouched. He became a leader in exploring gravity and the properties of black holes. He wrote numerous books including A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, Black Holes and Baby Universes, On the Shoulders of Giants, A Briefer History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design, and Brief Answers to the Big Questions. In 1982, he was named a commander of the British Empire. A film about his life, The Theory of Everything, was released in 2014 and was based on his first wife Jane Hawking's book Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen. He died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) |