
Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work
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Narrated by:
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Carole Boyd
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Kitty Ferguson
Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time, a Cambridge genius who has earned international celebrity as a brilliant theoretical physicist and become an inspiration and revelation to those who have witnessed his courageous triumph over disability. This is Hawking's life story by Kitty Ferguson, who has had special help from Hawking himself and his close associates and who has a gift for translating the language of theoretical physics for non-scientists.
Twenty years ago, Kitty Ferguson's Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything became a Sunday Times bestseller and took the world by storm. She now returns to the subject to transform that short book into a hugely expanded, carefully researched, up-to-the-minute biography.
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Too Much Focus on Religion
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Explanations of very difficult concepts explained well. Life story and description of work combined was thorough and interesting.Good Technical Explanations
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What did you like best about Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work? What did you like least?
How a person with a brilliant mind but severely disabled body not only copes with life, but actually excels others in his field equally as brilliant but not as accomplished as Hawking.BUT, although I am totally impressed by her grasp of difficult theoretical physics and attempt to bring this would to us, I really wanted more biography and much less physics. I do like science but this was way more than i had anticipated. I had to wade through the physics to get back to the biography.Would you ever listen to anything by Kitty Ferguson again?
MaybeWhat about Carole Boyd’s performance did you like?
She made me feel like she was the author having these interviews with Stephen Hawking.If this book were a movie would you go see it?
If it had less physics and more story.Any additional comments?
I did learn a lot about cosmology and physics.Biography 20 % Physics 80%
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about his life and his work. Might be a bit derivative for those who has followed his work. But there are loads of new stuff anyway^^What other book might you compare Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work to and why?
I would compare it to "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson. Very shows many sides of the many issues in his life and shows him as a person instead of a immortal heroWhat about Carole Boyd’s performance did you like?
Loved it! She makes the story come to life!Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It really gave me a new way to look at his fame. I felt as if I knew him. It made me think of how we always seem to forget how even famous people are just that... peopleAny additional comments?
The book might be challenging sometimes, but it's not forbidden to listen to it twice. It's worth it, if you really care about understanding it.A biography of his life AND work
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I suspect that's just the way he would want it as well, but unfortunately the portrait painted of Stephen Hawking by this book is black and white rather than the colour his life of adversity, brilliance and quirkiness could have been.
A little bit of life - a lot of work..
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I do not understand the criticism of some other reviewers that state that there is: 1) too much religion, or even more incomprehensible, 2) that the author has some "chip on her shoulder about his atheism". Neither statements are true, and I suspect say much more about the reviewers than either the book, or Ms Ferguson. Comment on religion has been important part of the discussion of his science and add thoughtful comment on what we understand of the various models and how a deity may or may not, or must or must not, be involved in how we understand the mechanics of existence.
Really an excellent work!
An excellent mixture of biography and science
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Very insightful look into a brilliant mind!
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Would you try another book from Kitty Ferguson and/or Carole Boyd?
No! Stephan Hawking is truly amazing and many of the stories that Ms. Ferguson tells are awe inspiring. Unfortunately Ms. Ferguson appears to have a huge chip on her shoulder over the fact that Hawking happens to be an atheist and goes off on strange religious tangents that really distract from what could have been a great story. For a better glimpse into the genius of Stephan Hawking, consider reading the books he has personally written, which are also available on Audible.Has Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work turned you off from other books in this genre?
NoWhat aspect of Carole Boyd???s performance would you have changed?
None - Ms. Boyd did a fine job.You didn???t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The stories of Hawking are fantastic, but Ms. Ferguson's religious rants are grating.Not What it Appears
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