Hawking - Moé for Solarpunk Books

Hardcover

Published Jan. 11, 2019 by First Second.

ISBN:: 978-1-62672-025-1

(1 review)

Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of Stephen Hawking, one of the most important scientists of our time.

From his early days at the St Albans School and Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. A lively and popular young man, it's no surprise that he would later rise to celebrity status.

At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Though the disease weakened his muscles and limited his ability to move and speak, it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades after being told he had only a few years to live. He brought his intimate understanding of the universe to the public in his 1988 bestseller, A Brief History of Time. Soon after, he added …

Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of Stephen Hawking, one of the most important scientists of our time.

From his early days at the St Albans School and Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. A lively and popular young man, it's no surprise that he would later rise to celebrity status.

At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Though the disease weakened his muscles and limited his ability to move and speak, it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades after being told he had only a few years to live. He brought his intimate understanding of the universe to the public in his 1988 bestseller, A Brief History of Time. Soon after, he added pop-culture icon to his accomplishments by playing himself on shows like Star Trek, The Simpsons, and The Big Bang Theory, and becoming an outspoken advocate for disability rights.

In Hawking, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Leland Myrick have crafted an intricate portrait of the great thinker, the public figure, and the man behind both identities.

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Soh Kam Yung reviewed Hawking by Jim Ottaviani

Nice biography of Stephen Hawking in the form of a graphic novel

4 stars

An interesting biography of Stephen Hawking, with the illustrations helping to bring to life the way he lived and his interactions with the people around him.

Starting with his birth, it covers his early life, his education and scientific career, as well as his marriages and relationship with his children. The book also covers historical aspects of science (cosmology, quantum theory and general relativity) to give some context on his work in the theory concerning black holes. Other aspects of his life as also covered, like the gradual discovery that he had motor neuron disease and his struggles to live a working life.

The book is roughly divided into two parts. The first part is before he became famous and well known for his work on black holes and on the popular book, "A Brief History of Time" and the second half is after he became famous and travels the …

An interesting biography of Stephen Hawking, with the illustrations helping to bring to life the way he lived and his interactions with the people around him.

Starting with his birth, it covers his early life, his education and scientific career, as well as his marriages and relationship with his children. The book also covers historical aspects of science (cosmology, quantum theory and general relativity) to give some context on his work in the theory concerning black holes. Other aspects of his life as also covered, like the gradual discovery that he had motor neuron disease and his struggles to live a working life.

The book is roughly divided into two parts. The first part is before he became famous and well known for his work on black holes and on the popular book, "A Brief History of Time" and the second half is after he became famous and travels the world giving lectures and having the time of his life.

Much of the book looks at his scientific contributions and may well leave some readers puzzled over the work that his did. But other aspects of his life (his relationship with his wives, children and people he worked with) are also shown that reveal how he works and communicates with them.

Overall, an interesting and scientifically general book about one of the more interesting scientists of our time.