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12/2/2020
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Product info / Cechy produktu
Rodzaj (nośnik) / Item type
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książka / book
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Dział / Department
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Książki i czasopisma / Books and periodicals
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Autor / Author
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Stephen Hawking
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Tytuł / Title
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My brief history
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Język / Language
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angielski
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Wydawca / Publisher
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Bantam Books
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Rok wydania / Year published
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2018
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Rodzaj oprawy / Cover type
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Miękka
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Wymiary / Size
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12.5x19.5 cm
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Liczba stron / Pages
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136
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Ciężar / Weight
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0.1400 kg
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ISBN
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9780857502636 (9780857502636)
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EAN/UPC
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9780857502636
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Stan produktu / Condition
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nowy / new - sprzedajemy wyłącznie nowe nieużywane produkty
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'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New Scientist
My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking’s improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Lavishly illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this concise, witty and candid account introduces readers to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him ‘Einstein’; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of academia.
Writing with characteristic humility and humour, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease aged twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onwards through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece A Brief History of Time – one of the iconic books of the twentieth century.
Clear-eyed, intimate and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking’s personal cosmos.
'Read it for the personal nuggets . . . but above all, it's worth reading for its message of hope' Mail on Sunday