Stephen Hawking. Life Among the Stars

The story of the scientist and personal biography are combined in this book to create a complete account of an outstanding person. Stephen Hawking was an unusual physicist: he possibly achieved more than many other representatives of academic science in expanding our, layman's, understanding of the laws of the Universe. His theoretical research on the nature of black holes and original reflections on the origin of the cosmos established new emphases in the field of general knowledge: for the first time, theoretical physics was at the center of attention. Following the release of A Brief History of Time, his name became known to all: despite the complexity and confusion of cosmology, the book spread in millions of copies around the world. For most of his life, Stephen Hawking was confined to a wheelchair due to a rare motor neuron disease, but this did not break him intellectually. Some even believe that being freed from everyday worries allowed him to finally focus on research and calculations. Michael White and John Gribbin managed to maintain a balance between the two sides of the protagonist's personality and paint a verbal portrait of an indefatigable genius who knew no bounds.