A Brief History of Time
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This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, classmates, and peers are interviewed not only about his theories but the man himself.
A Brief History of Time is a film that explores themes of based on novel or book, physics, biography. It also touches on time and black hole and universe.
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Errol Morris
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Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking, Basil King, Derek Powney, Norman Dix, Robert Berman, Gordon Berry, Roger Penrose
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This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, classmates, and peers are interviewed not only about his theories but the man himself.
A Brief History of Time is a film that explores themes of based on novel or book, physics, biography. It also touches on time and black hole and universe.
Director
Errol Morris
Cast
Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking, Basil King, Derek Powney, Norman Dix, Robert Berman, Gordon Berry, Roger Penrose
based on novel or book · physics · biography · time · black hole · universe · cosmology · oxford university · motor neuron disease · als
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