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The Extraordinary Life of Stephen Hawking

The Extraordinary Life of Stephen Hawking

Summary

Stephen Hawking was:

A physicist
A cosmologist
An author
One of the cleverest people who ever lived.
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While studying at Oxford University, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, which meant that eventually he was completely paralysed, and could only talk via a computer.

But that never held him back, and because of his work on time and space, he changed the way the world thinks about the universe.

Discover more about the life of a man who is known for his incredible contribution to science in this beautifully illustrated book.

About the authors

Kate Scott

Kate Scott was born in London. She has lived in Hong Kong, Paris, Scotland, and two tiny villages in France. She now lives in Dorset with her husband and two children. Kate writes children's books, children's television programmes, radio plays and poetry. She's had lots of different jobs but now she makes up stories - the best job in the world. She likes drawing, dancing, reading and 1940s films. She hates raw tomatoes and being tickled. Sometimes her children read what she's writing and give her advice on how to make it better.
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Esther Mols (Illustrator)

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