George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt (George's Secret Key to the Universe)

In 1963, Stephen Hawking contracted motor neurone disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. Since 1979 he has held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663. Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science.

Stephen Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, and is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein.

LUCY HAWKING is the author of two adult novels, and has written for the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, The Times and the Evening Standard and has been a guest presenter and regular contributor on radio.

JAMES GOODE (reader) has acquired an impressive narrative portfolio during his 21 years of commercials, documentaries and numerous audiobooks. He is also credited for his stage appearances, including at the Royal National Theatre, and presenting for the BBC. He also read George's Secret Key to the Universe for Random House Audio.