{"product_id":"hawking-life-work-paperback","title":"Hawking: Life \u0026 Work (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e‘When one is faced with the possibility of early death, it\nmakes one realise that life is worth living.’ Stephen Hawking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn insatiable curiosity and appreciation for life powered\nStephen Hawking to the furthest reaches of the universe and human achievement:\nduring his remarkable lifetime he shed light on many of the mysteries of black\nholes and made key contributions to our understanding of the beginnings of the\nuniverse, all while captivating the world and selling more than 25 million\ncopies of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA brilliant theoretical physicist, Hawking lived one of the\nmost extraordinary lives of the past century. And yet, none of this should have\nbeen possible. Aged 21, he was given only a few years to live - and spent the\nnext fifty-five showing what can be achieved despite near-hopeless odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDrawing on his parents’ previously unseen letters and\ndiaries, and exclusive interviews with Stephen’s family, friends and closest\ncolleagues, Costa Award-winning biographer and physicist Graham Farmelo reveals\nthe complex man behind the theories and global celebrity - and the resilience,\nfortitude and support that enabled him to defy his life-limiting diagnosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eVividly told and rigorously researched, \u003ci\u003eHawking\u003c\/i\u003e is\nthe definitive portrait of an exceptional man and extraordinary intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Farmelo \u003c\/b\u003eis a prize-winning biographer and\nphysicist. His life of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Paul Dirac, \u003ci\u003eThe\nStrangest Man\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Costa Biography Award and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\nScience Prize. Farmelo is a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, a regular\nvisitor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and winner of the\nKelvin Prize for his contribution to the public understanding of physics.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46152492286159,"sku":"9781529339345","price":36.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_794f68ff-2a83-41ad-b16a-dd844c35177c.webp?v=1790229167","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/hawking-life-work-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}