Stephen Hawking

Kristine Larsen is Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Central Connecticut State University.

• Destiny's Child: An Auspicious Birth and Eclectic ChildhoodScientist in Training: The Road to OxfordTragedy and Triumph: Dissertation and Deadly DiseaseChildren and Calculations: Family Man and Theoretician"Stephen's Changed Everything": Black Holes Aren't BlackCaltech and Cambridge: Exploring New HorizonsEinstein's Legacy: Quantum GravityPhysics or Metaphysics: The "No Boundary" ProposalIn a Different Voice: Computers to the Rescue"The Best Selling Book No One Read": A Brief History of TimeEndings and Beginnings: Marriages Die, Universes are BornTo Boldly Go: Hollywood CallsBrains, Branes, and Stringy Black Holes: Zeroing in on the Theory of EverythingLarger than Life: Scientist as Icon

[T]he story of his life…. is told with sympathy, and skilfully interwoven with the developments in Hawking's pioneering theories in cosmology, black holes in particular, and the search for the theory of everything… [A]n intriguing work. Early in her book, the author says that Hawking does not like biographies, so would probably not read this one. Want a bet?