編輯推薦: Stephen Hawking是當(dāng)代有才華的宇宙學(xué)家之一,是售出一千萬(wàn)本暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)籍《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》的作者。現(xiàn)在,他首次講述自己的故事,一本2萬(wàn)字的短篇書(shū)籍,是以同一標(biāo)題為演講題目(其2011年4月在亞利桑那大學(xué)的演講)擴(kuò)展而成的。
在自傳《我的簡(jiǎn)史》中,霍金抒情地追溯了他人生中不太明確的過(guò)程,從二戰(zhàn)后倫敦市里那個(gè)早熟的班級(jí)小丑的孩童時(shí)代,到22歲起幾乎一直生活在肌萎縮(后被確診為硬化)的意識(shí)里的成年時(shí)期,再到收獲國(guó)際贊譽(yù)的階段。
雖然細(xì)節(jié)是被概括性的,但這本書(shū)給了我們一幅英勇的畫(huà)面?;艚鸩湃A橫溢,成果豐碩可他的疾病還是給他的婚姻帶來(lái)了無(wú)法忍受的痛苦和負(fù)擔(dān)。
內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介:NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Stephen 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.
My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking’s improbable journey, from his postwar 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 particular black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of physics and cosmology.
Writing 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 A Brief History of Time—one of the iconic books of the twentieth century.
Clear-eyed, intimate, and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking’s personal cosmos.
作者簡(jiǎn)介:Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years. He is the author of several books, including the worldwide publishing phenomenon A Brief History of Time, A Briefer History of Time (written with Leonard Mlodinow), The Universe in a Nutshell, The Illustrated A Brief History of Time, and the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universes.