By Hilton Ratcliffe
Stephen Hawking Smoked My Socks is a prism-free lens with which forgotten simple abilities in objectivity are visible back, and the innate artwork of life is decided loose from the dictates of worry and power."
— Ian Campbell-Gillies
Why did Stephen Hawking turn into so well-known? What precisely introduced global renown to Albert Einstein? Why are these specific contributors family names around the globe when different achievers aren't; why have they develop into icons to rival movie stars; and why they're loved and guarded by means of a fiercely unswerving fan base? In Stephen Hawking Smoked My Socks, Hilton Ratcliffe seeks out the solutions to these questions, and discovers that they have got not anything in any respect to do with science.
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