Journalist and author Lucy Hawking describes what it was like to grow up with Stephen Hawking as a father. From his childhood—where his teachers didn’t believe he would amount to anything—to his struggles with ALS, the disease that would take away his ability to move or speak on his own. But Lucy demonstrates that through it all, he persevered and became one of the greatest minds of all time.

Recorded June 2009; Posted July 2011