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Hawking Hawking: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity
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In Hawking Hawking, science journalist Charles Seife explores how Stephen Hawking came to be thought of as humanity's greatest genius. Hawking spent his career grappling with deep questions in physics, but his renown didn't rest on his science. He was a master of self-promotion, hosting parties for time travelers, declaring victory over problems he had not solved, and wooing billionaires. In a wheelchair and physically dependent on a cadre of devotees, Hawking still managed to captivate the people around him—and use them for his own purposes. In this exposé and biography, Hawking Hawking uncovers the authentic Hawking buried underneath the fake. It is the story of a man whose brilliance in physics was matched by his genius for building his own myth.
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"Some of Seife's other criticisms—designed to shake the myth of Hawking's all-surpassing brilliance—might baffle the professional scientist."
"It is what a great scientist deserves, and should expect."
"He aims to find the human lost inside the myth, so he must first chip away a gaudy shell ..."
"Seife, to his credit, explicates Hawking's considerable scientific contributions at length."
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