Hawking Hawking

The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity

De: Charles Seife

Narrado por: Tom Perkins

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. Confined to 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 expose 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.

©2021 Charles Seife (P)2021 Tantor

Amazing book

Marvelous book. Full information and insights about Hawkins as a man, as a scientist and as a legend and pop figure. The book also contains very high quality explanations of the scientific contributions of both Hawkins and several of his peers. Above all, the book provides deep insight about human nature in general and the game of mirrors of personal identity.