Stephen Hawking Penrose

Channel 4 - Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Mine (2013)
PDTV | 832x468 | .MP4/AVC @ 1313 Kbps | 1h 28mn | Audio: English AAC 128 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None | 913 MiB
Genre: Documentary

This new feature-length biographical film tells the extraordinary and dramatic story of the planet's most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to his private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen Hawking's past and present. Interviewees include Stephen Hawking's sister Mary, his ex-wife Jane, carers and students, as well as colleagues such as Roger Penrose, plus Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jim Carrey, and Sir Richard Branson This inspirational portrait of an iconic figure relates Hawking's incredible personal journey from boyhood underachiever to scientific genius and multi-million-selling author. And it charts how he overcame being diagnosed with motor neurone disease - and being given just two years to live - to make amazing scientific discoveries and become a symbol of triumph over adversity.

Pour la première fois, une légende de la science – l’astrophysicien Stephen Hawking – se confie et raconte l’extraordinaire aventure de sa vie. La portée de son œuvre scientifique est connue, grâce au succès planétaire d’Une brève histoire du temps. En revanche, l’itinéraire de cet esprit unique reste encore mystérieux, occulté par la maladie neuro-dégénérative qui meurtrit son corps depuis 50 ans.
L’éducation qu’il reçut favorisa-t-elle l’éclosion de son génie ? Quelle fut sa formation intellectuelle dans l’Angleterre d’après-guerre, d’Oxford à Cambridge où il occupa longtemps la chaire de mathématiques ? …