676 - That time Stephen Hawking... with Dr. Brian Keating

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🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Part 2 of Fly on the wall podcast with Dr. Brian Keating! In this episode (Part 2), we talked about why Stephen Hawking wrote his best selling book, A Brief History In Time, and what are the stories behind the book! Brian Keating is the Chancellor’s Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. He hosts INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE (https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1), a podcast about science, leadership, and happiness, and is the is author of a bestselling cosmic memoir called “Losing the Nobel Prize“. You can also find his blog at https://briankeating.com/blog.php I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.0	Why did Stephen Hawking write his best-selling book of brief history time?
0:21.6	I was surprised to hear the answer and it was basically from the source's mouth or one
0:27.0	source away.
0:28.0	I'm having one of my usual discussions with Dr. Brian Keating.
0:31.6	We talk about a variety of fun interesting topics including why Stephen Hawking wrote a
0:37.7	brief history of time.
0:48.0	What's been so interesting, James?
0:49.4	Let's say, Jay, you're still recording, right?
0:51.4	Okay.
0:52.4	So you ever hear the book, Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking?
0:55.3	Yes.
0:56.3	Actually, one of the first, if ever, really truly successful popular science books.
1:01.7	This guy Leonard Melodon now speaks about writing books with Stephen Hawking.
1:05.6	It turns out I didn't realize two things about that book.
1:09.5	First of all, I bought it when it came out in 1988.
1:11.7	I was in high school.
1:13.0	I was thinking about being an astronomer and I couldn't comprehend almost anything in
1:17.6	it.
1:18.6	I remember going when I was getting my PhD in the mid-90s.
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