Author
Stephen Hawking
January 8, 1942 – March 14, 2018 · United Kingdom
Theoretical physicist, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Mathematician, Pedagogue, Science writer, University teacher, Writer, Physicist, Non-fiction writer, Astronomer, Television actor, Autobiographer, Science fiction writer, Trekkie, Scientist
Titles on list
4
Total weeks
45
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
2
Hit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- January 8, 1942 · Oxford
- Died
- March 14, 2018 · Cambridge
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- University College, Oxford, Trinity Hall, St Albans School, University of Cambridge, St Albans High School for Girls, Byron House School
Awards & Honours
- 1966Adams Prize
- 1974Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1975Eddington Medal
- 1975Pius XI Medal
- 1976Hughes Medal
- 1976Maxwell Medal and Prize
- 1976Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
- 1978Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
- 1978Albert Einstein Award
- 1979Albert Einstein Medal
- 1981Franklin Medal
- 1982Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1985Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1987IOP Dirac Medal
- 1988Wolf Prize in Physics
- 1989Companion of Honour
- 1989Princess of Asturias Award for Concord
- 1989Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council
- 1989honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
- 1990honorary doctor of Harvard University
- 1991Marcel Grossmann Award
- 1992Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
- 1998Andrew Gemant Award
- 1999Naylor Prize and Lectureship
- 1999Albert Medal
- 1999Lilienfeld Prize
- 2002Royal Society Science Books Prize
- 2003Oskar Klein Medal
- 2003Michelson–Morley Award
- 2005The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal
- 2006Copley Medal
- 2008Fonseca Prize
- 2009Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 2012NSS Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award
- 2013Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- 2015BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
- 2015Bodley Medal
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- honorary doctorate from Princeton University
- Princess of Asturias Awards
- Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- Order of the British Empire
- Order of the Companions of Honour
On the Bestseller Lists
4 titles
BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS
Stephen Hawking
BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS
#4 · 14 wks
THE GRAND DESIGN
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
THE GRAND DESIGN
#1 · 8 wks
THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL
Stephen Hawking
THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL
#4 · 20 wks
BLACK HOLES AND BABY UNIVERSES
Stephen Hawking
BLACK HOLES AND BABY UNIVERSES
#14 · 3 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).