Children's book 'Stephen Hawking

As a young boy, Stephen Hawking looked up at the stars and wondered what the universe was. Although he never topped his class, his curiosity got him into Oxford and Cambridge, England's most prestigious universities. He also developed one of the most important scientific concepts of the 20th century: so-called 'Hawking radiation'.

The series Little People, Big Dreams tells the impressive life stories of great people: Each of these personalities, whether artist, pilot or scientist, has achieved the unimaginable. And it all began when they were still small: with big dreams.