Who was Stephen Hawking? / by Jim Gigliotti ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland.

By:

Gigliotti, Jim [author.]

Contributor(s):

Copeland, Gregory [illustrator.]

Material type:

TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019]Description: 106 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780451532480
0451532481
9780451532503
0451532503
9781544430881
1544430884
9781338665949

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographies.

DDC classification:

921 HAW B 23

LOC classification:

QC16.H33 G54 2019

Contents:

Who was Stephen Hawking? -- Beginnings -- School days -- Bad news -- Finding a purpose -- New discoveries -- A book for everyone -- Celebrity status -- The human spirit -- Timelines.

Summary: A biography of British physicist Stephen Hawking who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, he did not let the illness define his life and continued his research until his death in 2018. He is best known for his black hole theories and his best-selling book "A Brief History of Time".

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A biography of British physicist Stephen Hawking who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, he did not let the illness define his life and continued his research until his death in 2018. He is best known for his black hole theories and his best-selling book "A Brief History of Time".

Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

Who was Stephen Hawking? -- Beginnings -- School days -- Bad news -- Finding a purpose -- New discoveries -- A book for everyone -- Celebrity status -- The human spirit -- Timelines.

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