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Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre ...
On March 14, 2018, the world mourned the loss of Cambridge professor Stephen W. Hawking, PhD. Perhaps the most remarkable part of his passing was the fact that he was 76 years old—he wasn’t ...
Stephen Hawking has dedicated his life to advancing science while suffering from ALS. He recently revealed in a BBC interview that he would consider assisted suicide under certain circumstances.
Stephen Hawking in 2008. On 28 June 2009, British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travellers in the University of Cambridge. The physicist arranged for balloons, champagne, and nibbles for his guests, but did not send out the invitations until the following day, after the party was over. [1]
Jane and Stephen Hawking met through mutual college friends at a party in 1962. Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or ALS) in 1963. Though aware of his consequent shortened life expectancy and limitations, the couple became engaged in 1964 and married in 1965 in their shared hometown ...
Neil deGrasse Tyson asked Stephen Hawking to share his thoughts on what happened before the big bang -- or the beginning of the universe.
At a screening for the 1991 documentary film A Brief History of Time, which was based on the book of the same name by British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, Hawking was introduced to the audience by veteran Trek actor Leonard Nimoy. A Brief History executive producer Gordon Freedman told Nimoy that Hawking was an avid Star Trek fan.
Stephen Hawking’s science book A Brief History Of Time: From The Big Bang To Black Holes spent the most number of weeks on the bestsellers list, according to analysis from the last five decades ...