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Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our age--bestselling author of A Brief History of Time, celebrated theoretical physicist, and an inspiration as he exhibits grace, dignity, and courage while coping with devastating disability. With race access to Hawking, including childhood photos and in-depth research, award-winning author Kitty Ferguson has created a rich and comprehensive picture of Hawking's life: his childhood; the heartbreaking ALS diagnosis when he was a first-year graduate student; his long personal battle for survival in pursuit of a scientific understanding of the universe; and his rise to international fame. Ferguson uses her gift for translating the language of theoretical physics into the language of the rest of us to make Hawking's scientific work accessible. Stephen Hawking is an insightful, absorbing, and definitive account of an extraordinary life and a brilliant mind.
- Sales Rank: #1598958 in Books
- Published on: 2013-03-05
- Released on: 2017-01-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.20" h x .89" w x 6.14" l, .79 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
Review
“Ferguson shines at explaining Hawking's theories, the jovially competitive academic world in which they are hammered out and her subject's distinctive and evolving intellectual style…An irresistible story. His puckish humor and exuberance for life and for ideas are infectious even at a remove. And the ideas themselves could not ask for a better elucidator.” ―Laura Miller, Salon
“Intelligent and readable . . . Kitty Ferguson is astonishing in her own right . . . She is a careful explicator not only of [Hawkings'] ideas but of the context in which they arose.” ―Sara Lippincott, The Los Angeles Times
“Ferguson provides engaging and helpful explanations of the physics behind [Hawking's] triumphs.” ―The Washington Post
“Ferguson's biography of this remarkable man, who recently marked his 70th birthday, is based on personal interviews and a sound understanding of the physics behind Hawking's ideas...this is a delightful book...Highly recommended.” ―Choice
“Ferguson replaces the iconic but static image of cosmologist Hawking with flesh and blood in this vivid portrait… Through interviews with Hawking and his colleagues, friends, and family, Ferguson builds a complete picture of Hawking's life, from his tireless work to explain our universe to his notorious driving, playful appearances on Star Trek, The Simpsons, and other shows, campaigning to improve the lives of the disabled, and his family life, with special attention to his relationship with his first wife, Jane, whose sacrifices allowed him to focus on his work. In the end, Ferguson captures the very full life and work of one of the most vibrant minds of our time.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Ferguson brilliantly updates her 1991 children's biography of Stephen Hawking for an adult audience . . . Her ability to write clearly about scientific issues using metaphor rather than mathematics makes this an excellent introduction to astrophysics for the interested layman. A fascinating portrait of a complex figure who ponders the place of man and God in the universe and who still loves the 'Eureka moment of discovering something that no one knew before.'” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Kitty Ferguson gives a thorough account of Hawking the man, as well as of his extraordinary body of work in cosmology. [She has] a flair for the original which makes much of the tome highly readable. There are excellently clear descriptions of the large issues and precious few off-putting mathematics and equations...Ferguson pitches the balance between Hawking's personal life and an explanation of his work about right.” ―Greg Jamison, Entertainment Focus
“As both a global icon and an innovative theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking is well served by science writer Kitty Ferguson's fascinating biography. Ferguson explains in accessible terms the major themes that Hawking has explored in his career, and creates a portrait of the private man by drawing on her close personal contact with him and his family. ... Ferguson's sympathetic and informed take on an individual who has enriched human knowledge against the odds is an excellent summing-up, as Hawking approaches his 70th birthday, of his unique and creative contribution to both science and humanity.” ―George Ellis, Nature
“More than a biography … a brave attempt to chart the life of the celebrated physicist in parallel with his astounding and important work…. Ferguson has spent a lot of time with Hawking and as a scientist she attempts to explain in lay terms the fundamental concepts of Hawking's vast and amazing body of work.” ―Bertrams
“Science writer Kitty Ferguson has been working for over 20 years to reveal the real Stephen Hawking to the world… proximity gives Ferguson privileged access to Hawking's private world, and her scientific fluency enables her to weave a biography that moves seamlessly between his intellectual and personal development… and Ferguson is adept at making his complex theories accessible to non-experts… Beyond explaining his scientific achievements, Ferguson brings us closer to the man who plays hide-and-seek with his young son, endures marital discord, has a sign on his office door that reads "Quiet Please, The Boss is Asleep," and kibitzes with a journalist who asked if he has willed his DNA to science: "I don't think anyone would want another copy of me." Ultimately, the most astonishing aspect of Ferguson's Hawking is not his otherness, but the extraordinary things that one determined individual can accomplish once he realizes that "life is worth living.” ―Harold Heft, The Montreal Gazette
About the Author
Kitty Ferguson has been writing and lecturing about science and scientists for over two decades, making the language and concepts of physics and cosmology understandable for audiences without a scientific background. Her 1991 biography of Stephen Hawking, written with his encouragement and help, was an international best-seller. She was a consultant for Hawking's book The Universe in a Nutshell. Kitty is the author of seven books including The Fire in the Equations and The Music of Pythagoras. She has also been interviewed by Forbes Magazine, PBS, "News Hour with Jim Lehrer," and the BBC. She lectures widely in North America, and her appearances have included the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Hayden Planetarium in NYC, The Nobel Peace Prize Forum, and many universities. Kitty and her husband divide their time between Cambridge, England and South Carolina.
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
A biography and a half
By B&J
What a fascinating read. I'm no science student and yet Ferguson's simple explanations of the most complex theories makes one feel like one might be able to understand what Hawking is talking about. This isn't the first Kitty Ferguson book I've read and I certainly hope it won't be the last as her voice helps illuminate people, theories and periods in time in such an accessible, interesting and at times humorous way. Highly recommend. (note I see a reviewer here only gave it two stars, hmmm.... See he also gave To Kill A Mocking Bird only two also. Go figure)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
The Modeler of the Universe
By Daniel Putman
To many people Stephen Hawking is an icon of mathematical genius, a symbol somewhat like Einstein has become. Kitty Ferguson's biography does a terrific job of making Hawking a full-fledged human being, a statement that sounds silly until one sees the hero worship that often attaches to Hawking's name. She alternates between Hawking's personal life and his achievements in astrophysics. Readers in Britain may be much more familiar with the personal aspects of Hawking's life given the press coverage. But in the United States the man who held the Lucasian Chair at Cambridge (always followed by the note that Newton held this position) is much more unknown and this biography does a fine job of putting Hawking's entire life into written form.
The role of Jane Hawking in Stephen's life cannot be overestimated. She was there for him through the most critical moments of his disease and it is hard to imagine what would have happened without her. Ferguson details Jane's work and her conflict between her own goals and her role as Hawking's wife. Some other reviews have criticized the book for skirting the charges of abuse to Hawking which followed him during his second marriage. More may be coming out at some point but when the biography was written Hawking refused to discuss the issue. Without his input Ferguson cannot do much more than mention the issue without speculating. Ferguson worked with Hawking closely not only on this book but in her earlier 1991 biography of him. This biography highlights the positive - Hawking's mathematical genius, his genuine sense of humor, his popular books to explain his ideas, and his work for the disabled. But it also goes into some detail about his flaws - his stubbornness, his lack of appreciation at times of those who helped him so much, and what appears to be an excessive love of the limelight. Some of the flaws may be attributed to issues that others may have about him but clearly some were Hawking's own and could be deeply hurtful. The reader gets a well-rounded view of Hawking as a person and the growing effect of the debilitating ALS on his life.
As Ferguson notes, Hawking undercut his own assumptions several times in his work. His beautiful theories were always handicapped by a lack of empirical data, a problem that all theoretical physicists have today. For example, his theories about Hawking radiation, singularities, and wormholes (all of which Ferguson explains well) are utter masterpieces of mathematical reasoning but absolute verification may be impossible. I left the book wishing that the Nobel Committee would recognize theoretical physicists much more than they do. The argument most often made on their behalf is that a beautiful mathematical model may quite simply be wrong and that differing theories not only need unifying but need more proof. On the other hand, geniuses like Hawking have provided ways of mentally and mathematically seeing the options and, at a time when such models have become unbelievably difficult to build, have provided a path for potential research. One of the side effects of this book is that the reader comes to understand much better the interplay of theoretical and experimental physics. Hawking once said that he was fortunate to have gone into theoretical physics because his handicap did not hurt him nearly as much as in most other fields. It is to our lasting benefit that he did so. Flaws and all, Stephen Hawking has given us a stunning (if evolving) vision of the universe that is not only beautifully crafted but inspiring to those with even the smallest interest in astronomy. This book is a tribute to Hawking's life.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
"My name is Stephen Hawking: physicist...Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free"
By STEPHEN PLETKO
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"Hawking's life story and his science are rife with paradoxes. Things are often not what they seem. Here is a tale in which beginnings are endings, cruel circumstances lead to happiness, although fame and success do not; two brilliant and highly successful scientific theories taken together yield nonsense; empty space isn't empty after all; and black holes aren't black. In the twenty-first century, the effort to unite everything in a simple explanation is revealing, instead, a fragmented picture. And most paradoxical of all, a man whose physical appearance inspires shock and pity has led us joyfully to where the boundaries of time and space ought to be--but are not."
The above comes from this in-depth book by Kitty Ferguson. Ferguson has been writing and lecturing about science and scientists for over two decades. She is the author a seven books.
This book, in a nutshell, is a biography about theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking (born in 1942, three hundred years after the death of Galileo in 1642). Hawking is known for the following:
(1) black holes (a region of space-time where gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping)
(2) theoretical cosmology (physical cosmology is the study of the universe as a whole)
(3) quantum gravity (concerned with scientific models that unify quantum mechanics or the very small with general relativity or the very large)
(4) Hawking radiation (radiation predicted to be emitted by black holes)
(5) the phenomenal international bestseller "A Brief History of Time" (1988)
(6) the controversial bestseller (written with physicist Leonard Mlodinow) "The Grand Design (2010)
On Jan. 8, 2012, Hawking turned 70. Diagnosed at age 21 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, he had been expected to live no longer than a couple of years. He beat the odds by half a century!
In celebration of this event, Ferguson has brought out this book partly adapted from her 1991 biography of Hawking and that includes new information from the last two decades of Hawking's private and non-private life.
What I especially liked about this book is how Ferguson blends Hawking's biography with his science making this book both enjoyable and comprehensive. All the science is well-presented and easy to understand. (You don't have to understand all the science in order to enjoy this book.)
The book itself is divided into four parts:
(1) 1942 to 1975
(2) 1970 to 1990
(3) 1990 to 2000
(4) 2000 to 2011
There are two sets of black and white glossy photographs. I counted 18 in the first set and 17 in the second.
My favourite picture in the first set has the caption:
"The Cambridge Honorary degree ceremony procession, 1989, with Robert, Jane [Hawking's first wife], and Tim (wearing his father's hat)."
My favorite picture in the second set has the caption:
"Tim, Robert, and Lucy join their father at the White House in 2009."
Throughout this book are good illustrations for aid in understanding the science that's presented.
Don't know the meaning of such terms as "event horizon," "N = 8 supergravity," and "vacuum energy?" Don't worry! There's a helpful glossary to explain such terms.
Finally, there's a few omissions that I found. (I found these curious, but these omissions don't effect this book's readability.):
(1) According to the main narrative and the glossary, Superstring Theory is defined as "the theory that explains the fundamental objects of the universe not as point-like particles but as tiny strings or loops of strings." This is fine but "strings" of what? Ferguson omitted to tell us that they are "strings of vibrating energy." Or more precisely, "one- dimensional entities of vibrating energy."
(2) The significance of the late, great astrophysicist Carl Sagan to the success of "A Brief History of Time." Ferguson omits telling us that Sagan wrote an eloquent introduction to this book. He tells us such things in this introduction that by happenstance in 1974 he witnessed the induction of Hawking into the Royal Society of London, "one of the most ancient scholarly organizations on the planet." He continues:
"In the front row, was a young man in a wheelchair was, very slowly, signing his name in a book that bore on its earliest pages the signature of Isaac Newton. When at last he finished , their was a stirring ovation. Stephen Hawking was a legend even then."
As well, he mentions that Hawking was later the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University,
"a post once held by Newton and later by P.A.M. Dirac, two celebrated explorers of the very large and the very small. He is their worthy successor."
At this time, Sagan was enjoying enormous success with his T.V. series and book entitled "Cosmos" and novel "Contact." In effect, he lent his fame and success to Hawking in order to kick start Hawking's writing career.
(3) I felt that the glossary was incomplete. Ferguson defines all terms especially scientific terms in her main narrative but unfortunately omits some of these terms in her glossary. The only recourse for the reader is to look up a non-glossaried term up in the index and get its definition from the main narrative. This can be tedious.
In conclusion, this book gives us a vivid portrait of both Stephen Hawking and his science!!
(first published 2012; acknowledgements; 4 parts or 20 chapters; main narrative 270 pages; glossary; notes; bibliography; index)
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