Hawking incorporated : Stephen Hawking and the anthropology of the knowing subject / Helene Mialet.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

ix, 266 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

The assistants and the machines -- The students -- The diagrams -- The media -- Reading Hawking's presence -- An interview with a self-effacing man -- At the beginning of forever -- Archiving Hawking -- The thinker -- Hawking meets Hawking -- Conclusion: a recurring question -- From exemplum to cipher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.