Hawking Hawking by Charles Seife

Hawking Hawking by Charles Seife

Stephen Hawking was widely recognized as the world's best physicist and even the most brilliant man alive-but what if his true talent was self-promotion?



When Stephen Hawking died, he was widely recognized as the world's best physicist, and even its smartest person. 



He was neither. 



In Hawking Hawking, science journalist Charles Seife explores how Stephen Hawking came to be thought of as humanity's greatest genius. Hawking spent his career grappling with deep questions in physics, but his renown didn't rest on his science. He was a master of self-promotion, hosting parties for time travelers, declaring victory over problems he had not solved, and wooing billionaires. In a wheelchair and physically dependent on a cadre of devotees, Hawking still managed to captivate the people around him--and use them for his own purposes. 



A brilliant exposé and powerful biography, Hawking Hawking uncovers the authentic Hawking buried underneath the fake. It is the story of a man whose brilliance in physics was matched by his genius for building his own myth. 

Seife, Charles: - Charles Seife is the author of several books, including Proofiness and Virtual Unreality. He has written for a wide variety of publications, including the New York Times, Wired, New Scientist, Science, Scientific American, and the Economist. He is a professor of journalism at New York University and lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9781541618374
ISBN 10	1541618378
Title	Hawking Hawking
Author	Charles Seife
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Basic Books
Year published	2021-04-06
Number of pages	400
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