Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 241980Title: My Brief HistoryAuthor: Stephen HawkingNarrator: Matthew BrenherFormat: UnabridgedLength: 02:15:30Language: EnglishRelease date: 09-12-13Publisher: Penguin Books LTDGenres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Social Science, GeneralSummary: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 Hawkings 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.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 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 Hawkings personal cosmos.Read by Matthew Brenher, with chapters introduced by the author.Contact: [email protected]

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