{"product_id":"2940169264333","title":"My Brief History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. This concise, witty, and candid account introduces listeners 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 particular black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of physics and cosmology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of ALS at age twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onward 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156215513328,"sku":"2940169264333","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169264333_p0.jpg?v=1763677316","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169264333","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}