Seife, Charles

Summary: "Confined to a wheelchair and surrounded by an entourage of nurses, Stephen Hawking was a symbol of the power of mind over matter. The public adored him, and the media compared him to Newton and Einstein. Appearing at concerts, on The Simpsons, and even on the edge of space, he was an icon who captured the imaginations of audiences all over the world. It didn't seem to matter that his fans had...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021

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Christianson, Gale E.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1984

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Dolnick, Edward

Summary: Presents the true story of a pivotal moment in modern history when a group of strange, tormented geniuses--Isaac Newton chief among them--invented science and remade our understanding of the world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011

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Gleick, James.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2003

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Ferguson, Kitty.

Summary: "Stephen Hawking has been an iconic figure in physics for the last half a century, making many groundbreaking discoveries on the nature of the universe. Yet while his mind roams to the farthest corners of reality, his body has become increasingly trappedby the advance of Lou Gehrig's disease, which has bound him to a wheelchair, without speech or movement except for a few facial muscles. Told...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2012

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