Learn about the life of Stephen Hawking, the brilliant physicist and author, in this volume from the Little People, BIG DREAMS series, which has sold millions of copies to rave reviews. When Stephen Hawking was a young child, he enjoyed gazing up at the stars and pondering the nature of the cosmos. Despite never being at the top of his class, his curiosity led him to two of England's premier universities: Oxford and Cambridge. In addition, it helped him discover Hawking radiation, one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century. A timeline of the brilliant physicist's life with historical images and more information about him are included in this moving book's elegant and amusing drawings.