Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow

Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics by Leonard MlodinowCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND BBC SCIENCE FOCUS'An intimate, unique, and inspiring perspective on the life and work of one of the greatest minds of our time. Filled with insight, humour, and never before told stories, it's a view of Stephen Hawking that few have seen and all will appreciate' James Clear, author of Atomic HabitsAn icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate

it follows cowboys on a grueling cattle drive through the wilderness

only to find the ghost of his first wife

if she finds her life lonely or lacking

and is gone

They have only ever been believed when she can get a man to deliver them

and he fears her gushing love

‘if danger threatens

and one of literature's most unforgettable heroines

colliding with the forgotten heroes of Europe's past

at a macro level

identity and fate

it offers powerful insight into his youth through the prism of his alter-ego Henry Chinaski