--- product_id: 11700325 title: "Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind Paperback – March 5, 2013" brand: "kitty ferguson" price: "126 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/11700325-stephen-hawking-an-unfettered-mind-paperback-march-5-2013 store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind Paperback – March 5, 2013 **Brand:** kitty ferguson **Price:** 126 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind Paperback – March 5, 2013 by kitty ferguson - **How much does it cost?** 126 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/11700325-stephen-hawking-an-unfettered-mind-paperback-march-5-2013) ## Best For - kitty ferguson enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted kitty ferguson brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind Paperback – March 5, 2013 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41qPFI0SDPL.jpg) ![Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind Paperback – March 5, 2013 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51PhGyOb0sL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Complex theories explained *by T***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 28, 2023* I enjoyed this story of a man with an outstanding brain who rose above a debilitating illness and contributed to our knowledge of the universe. The author helps make his complex theories understandable. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Modeler of the Universe *by D***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2013* To many people Stephen Hawking is an icon of mathematical genius, a symbol somewhat like Einstein has become. Kitty Ferguson's biography does a terrific job of making Hawking a full-fledged human being, a statement that sounds silly until one sees the hero worship that often attaches to Hawking's name. She alternates between Hawking's personal life and his achievements in astrophysics. Readers in Britain may be much more familiar with the personal aspects of Hawking's life given the press coverage. But in the United States the man who held the Lucasian Chair at Cambridge (always followed by the note that Newton held this position) is much more unknown and this biography does a fine job of putting Hawking's entire life into written form.The role of Jane Hawking in Stephen's life cannot be overestimated. She was there for him through the most critical moments of his disease and it is hard to imagine what would have happened without her. Ferguson details Jane's work and her conflict between her own goals and her role as Hawking's wife. Some other reviews have criticized the book for skirting the charges of abuse to Hawking which followed him during his second marriage. More may be coming out at some point but when the biography was written Hawking refused to discuss the issue. Without his input Ferguson cannot do much more than mention the issue without speculating. Ferguson worked with Hawking closely not only on this book but in her earlier 1991 biography of him. This biography highlights the positive - Hawking's mathematical genius, his genuine sense of humor, his popular books to explain his ideas, and his work for the disabled. But it also goes into some detail about his flaws - his stubbornness, his lack of appreciation at times of those who helped him so much, and what appears to be an excessive love of the limelight. Some of the flaws may be attributed to issues that others may have about him but clearly some were Hawking's own and could be deeply hurtful. The reader gets a well-rounded view of Hawking as a person and the growing effect of the debilitating ALS on his life.As Ferguson notes, Hawking undercut his own assumptions several times in his work. His beautiful theories were always handicapped by a lack of empirical data, a problem that all theoretical physicists have today. For example, his theories about Hawking radiation, singularities, and wormholes (all of which Ferguson explains well) are utter masterpieces of mathematical reasoning but absolute verification may be impossible. I left the book wishing that the Nobel Committee would recognize theoretical physicists much more than they do. The argument most often made on their behalf is that a beautiful mathematical model may quite simply be wrong and that differing theories not only need unifying but need more proof. On the other hand, geniuses like Hawking have provided ways of mentally and mathematically seeing the options and, at a time when such models have become unbelievably difficult to build, have provided a path for potential research. One of the side effects of this book is that the reader comes to understand much better the interplay of theoretical and experimental physics. Hawking once said that he was fortunate to have gone into theoretical physics because his handicap did not hurt him nearly as much as in most other fields. It is to our lasting benefit that he did so. Flaws and all, Stephen Hawking has given us a stunning (if evolving) vision of the universe that is not only beautifully crafted but inspiring to those with even the smallest interest in astronomy. This book is a tribute to Hawking's life. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A very insightful biography *by M***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2015* I saw "The Theory of Everything," enjoyed it a great deal, and took up again Stephen Hawking's "The Illustrated A Brief History of Time." I'd started it 5 years ago. This time I worked my way through it. getting a lot of what he was saying -- not at a deep level but as a general reader. The particles chapter, sure, I should go over it again, but I got the idea. It seemed he was writing for the ordinary person, and he really cared about people such as me grasping the big picture; not a hint of condescension. He really seems to believe in the value of ordinary folks getting a grasp of the wonders of our multiverse. That's a good teacher.I picked up Kitty Ferguson's biography next: "Stephen Hawking - An Unfettered Mind." For all the challenges of the motor neuron disease that has paralyzed him for more than four decades, this physicist says: "...In my mind, I am free." What a remarkable thing to be able to say! Yes, he's a rock star in cosmology, and no, as a physicist reviewer said in a GoodReads review, he may not be next to Einstein in his accomplishments. But he has opened up the wonders of black holes, baby universes, and m-theory to many non-physicists. What he is doing is doing physics, following his curiosity, pushing his ideas, not afraid to change his mind and say so, and to share his teachings with millions of people who have bought his books in an airport book store and given them a try.Kitty Ferguson has done a strong job in making his key ideas clear to the general reader. She sketches a balanced assessment of his work and his value as a popular teacher of cosmology. She examines large philosophical questions of the role of God beyond Hawking's science also in a balanced manner. 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