LEADER 04152nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910462428703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-69967-1 010 $a9786613676658 010 $a0-226-52229-6 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226522296 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205378 035 $a(EBL)939563 035 $a(OCoLC)795128615 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000695688 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12273218 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695688 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10677500 035 $a(PQKB)11217749 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC939563 035 $a(DE-B1597)523432 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226522296 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL939563 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10571181 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367665 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205378 100 $a20111215d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHawking incorporated$b[electronic resource] $eStephen Hawking and the anthropology of the knowing subject /$fHelene Mialet 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-52226-1 311 $a0-226-52228-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tI. The Assistants and the Machines -- $tII. The Students -- $tIII. The Diagrams -- $tIV. The Media -- $tV. The Reading Haw king's Presence. An Interview with a Self-Effacing Man -- $tVI. At the Beginning of Forever. Archiving Hawking -- $tVII. The Thinker. Hawking meets Hawking -- $tConclusion-A Recurring Question. From Exemplum to Cipher -- $tEpilog -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThese days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. One wonders where the individual, the person, the human, and the body are-or, alternatively, where they stop. These are the kinds of questions Hélène Mialet explores in this fascinating volume, as she focuses on a man who is permanently attached to assemblages of machines, devices, and collectivities of people: Stephen Hawking. Drawing on an extensive and in-depth series of interviews with Hawking, his assistants and colleagues, physicists, engineers, writers, journalists, archivists, and artists, Mialet reconstructs the human, material, and machine-based networks that enable Hawking to live and work. She reveals how Hawking-who is often portrayed as the most singular, individual, rational, and bodiless of all-is in fact not only incorporated, materialized, and distributed in a complex nexus of machines and human beings like everyone else, but even more so. Each chapter focuses on a description of the functioning and coordination of different elements or media that create his presence, agency, identity, and competencies. Attentive to Hawking's daily activities, including his lecturing and scientific writing, Mialet's ethnographic analysis powerfully reassesses the notion of scientific genius and its associations with human singularity. This book will fascinate anyone interested in Stephen Hawking or an extraordinary life in science. 606 $aCommunication in science 606 $aMind and body 606 $aPeople with disabilities in science 606 $aPhysicists$zGreat Britain 606 $aSelf-help devices for people with disabilities 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCommunication in science. 615 0$aMind and body. 615 0$aPeople with disabilities in science. 615 0$aPhysicists 615 0$aSelf-help devices for people with disabilities. 676 $a530.092 700 $aMialet$b He?le?ne$0983263 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462428703321 996 $aHawking incorporated$92244573 997 $aUNINA