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English
First Second
02 July 2019
From his early days at Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that limited his ability to move and speak, though it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades after being told he had only a few years to live. Through his 1988 bestseller, A Brief History of Time, and his appearances on shows like Star Trek and The Big Bang Theory, Hawking became a household name and a pop-culture icon.

In Hawking, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick have crafted an intricate portrait of the great thinker, the public figure, and the man behind both identities.

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Illustrated by:   Leland Myrick
Imprint:   First Second
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 221mm,  Width: 160mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   726g
ISBN:   9781626720251
ISBN 10:   1626720258
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 15 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jim Ottaviani began writing graphic novels about scientists. They include The Imitation Game, Primates, Feynman, and Hawking. His books are New York Times bestsellers, have been translated into over a dozen languages, and have received praise from publications ranging from Nature and Physics World to Entertainment Weekly and Variety. gt-labs.com Leland Myrick is the Ignatz Award-and Harvey Award-nominated author and illustrator of The Sweet Collection, Bright Elegy, and Missouri Boy, and illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Feynman. He has written and illustrated work for Dark Horse Comics, GQ Japan, Vogue Russia, The Flight Series, and First Second Books. lelandmyrick.com

Reviews for Hawking

This smart and wondrously exploratory scientific biography reveals as much about black holes as the man who explored them. --Publishers Weekly Readers new to Hawking's ideas, and particularly his enigmatic musings about the nature of time, will find this book, cartoonish as it is, to be full of insight; the science is sharp and to the point...Every world-changing scientist deserves such an entertaining but factually rich treatment. --Kirkus Reviews A well-rounded study of physics and one of its brightest stars. --Booklist


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