Publisher's Synopsis
Stephen Hawking is 1 of the most famous scientists in the world as well as a medical miracle. Just after he enrolled in a doctorate program in physics at Oxford University, he learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. Doctors gave him just a few years to live. But Hawking never let his disease keep him down. His groundbreaking work on black holes and the Big Bang theory amazed other scientists. His book, A Brief History of Time, became a worldwide bestseller.
