{"product_id":"my-brief-history","title":"My Brief History","description":"\u003cp\u003e''His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving'' \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Brief History \u003c\/i\u003erecounts Stephen Hawking’s improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Lavishly illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this concise, witty and candid account introduces readers to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him ‘Einstein’; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of academia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting with characteristic humility and humour, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease aged twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onwards through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Time \u003c\/i\u003e– one of the iconic books of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClear-eyed, intimate and wise, \u003ci\u003eMy Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking’s personal cosmos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it''s worth reading for its message of hope'' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318546145662,"sku":"NW9780857502636","price":9.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780857502636.jpg?v=1778725104","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/my-brief-history","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}