Leonard Mlodinow: How did Stephen Hawking make science accessible?

<p>Two years to the day the great physicist Professor Stephen Hawking was <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/stephen-hawkings-final-farewell/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">interred at Westminster Abbey</a>, and at the time of his death, we spoke to one of the people that knew him best, Leonard Mlodinow.</p><p>Leonard is an American theoretical physicist who worked with Stephen on the books <em>The Grand Design</em> and <em>A Briefer History of Time</em>, and his own book chronicling their time together, <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/314/314719/stephen-hawking/9780241411131.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics</em></a><em>&nbsp;</em>(£20, Allen Lane), will be released in September this year.</p><p>In this republished interview he speaks with <em>BBC Science Focus</em> editor Daniel Bennett about writing together, his qualities, and what they did when they weren’t talking physics.</p><p>Let us know what you think of the episode with a review or a comment wherever you listen to your podcasts.</p><ul><li><strong>Subscribe</strong>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>Science Focus Podcast</em>&nbsp;on these services:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acast</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/science-focus-podcast/id1296673906?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iTunes</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/immediate-media-2/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://rss.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSS</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1296673906/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Overcast</a></li></ul><p>This podcast was supported by <a href="https://brilliant.org/SF/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">brilliant.org</a>, helping people build quantitative skills in maths, s