The real Stephen Hawking, with Philip Ball

<p>A new biography of Stephen Hawking argues that the celebrated scientist was shamelessly self-promoting and his reputation overrated. Philip Ball joins the <em>Prospect </em>Interview to discuss Charles Seife’s <em>Hawking Hawking: The Making of a Scientific Celebrity </em>and talks to arts and books editor Sameer Rahim about humanising a scientific deity, and why it was that Hawking, out of all of his other similarly accomplished peers, became a household name.&nbsp;</p><br><p>You can read Philip Ball’s review of <em>Hawking Hawking </em>here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/stephen-hawking-celebrity-physicist-flaws</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>