Alexander Waugh

A plague of infinities

Stephen Hawking is the most distinguished living physicist, who despite the catastrophe of motor neurone disease has been twice married, is a bestselling author and a media super-star.

issue 11 September 2010

  • The Grand Design

    Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow

    Bantam, pp. 199

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