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Stephen Hawking's A brief history of time : a reader's companion

by Stephen Hawking

This companion to the documentary film provides a biography of the physicist and his struggle with motor neurone disease. It offers visual explanations of the scientific theories explored in the book A Brief History of Time.

Accession 30162 ISBN 9780553077724 Publisher Bantam Books (Firm)
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