史蒂芬‧霍金是近代科學史上的傳奇性人物，對科學有許多貢獻，並且出版數本全球暢銷著作，其中在1988年出版的《時間簡史》出版後即屢創佳績，成為全球暢銷書，領著宇宙學航向新的限象，開闊了地球的視界。

霍金的一生令人驚嘆，不僅是他提出數個創新的理論，也因為罹患俗稱漸凍人症的肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症，雖然他的身體漸漸癱瘓，但他從未放棄和外界溝通的機會，他傳奇的一生在2018年3月結束。

本書除了紀錄霍金呈現在公開場合的一生，也記錄了許多不為人知的私下生活，其中收錄了許多文件、照片，甚至有霍金的研究紀錄，完整地將霍金的一生收進書頁中。

作者喬爾．利維擁有多領域的背景，除了精通歷史、科學，也有生命科學以及心理學的學經歷，曾出版多本暢銷書。

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