{"product_id":"my-brief-history-stephen-hawking","title":"My Brief History: Stephen Hawking","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving'and New ScientistMy Brief Historyand recounts Stephen Hawking's 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 masterpieceand A Brief History of Timeand - one of the iconic books of the twentieth century.Clear-eyed, intimate and wise,and My Brief Historyand opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking's personal cosmos.'Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it's worth reading for its message of hope'and Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Hawking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44232049000508,"sku":"9780857502636","price":845.75,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9780857502636_201_45ac0718-5f9a-4d20-9de2-ed25554c58b3.jpg?v=1776781936","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/my-brief-history-stephen-hawking","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}