HAWKING

What This Book Covers

1. Prologue
2. Chapter One - The Clock Starts Ticking
3. Chapter Two - What ALS Couldn’t Touch
4. Chapter Three - The Universe in His Head
5. Chapter Four - The Black Hole Revolution
6. Chapter Five - Marriages, Machines, and Meltdowns
7. Chapter Six - The Voice of Godlessness
8. Chapter Seven - A Brief History of Fame
9. Chapter Eight - The Funniest Mind in the Universe
10. Chapter Nine - Becoming the Symbol
11. Chapter Ten - Battles Behind the Curtain
12. Chapter Eleven - The Final Theories
13. Chapter Twelve - The Death That Made Sense

Excerpt

PROLOGUE MOST PEOPLE LIVE their lives with the full use of their body and barely scratch the surface of what their mind can do. Stephen Hawking did the opposite. When doctors told him his disease would likely take his life within two years, he laughed. Not out loud, his voice would fail him soon enough, but deep inside the gears of his brain, something turned. Something refused. His muscles gave up. His speech collapsed. His spine twisted. His hands curled. And his future, according to every medical chart, was over before it started. But he didn’t die. He stayed alive. For fifty more years. He stayed alive through marriages and divorces, children and caretakers, fame and controversy, and...