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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Biography about Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking was born on the 8th of January 1942 in Oxford, England.
His family moved to Oxford from London to escape the v2 rockets flying over
London. He had three siblings Lucy Hawking,Robert Hawking and Timothy
Hawking. He lived from 1942-2018, he died at the age of 76. Sadly, when
Stephen was 21 years of age he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease and
he was told he only had 2 years to live. His disease affects the brain cells that
communicate with the muscles overtime he suffers to walk,talk and he even needed
help to swallow. Stephen Hawking was one of the smartest scientists in the world.

Work
His scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose

on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the
theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation.

Awards received
Professor Stephen Hawking has thirteen honorary degrees. He was awarded CBE
(1982), Companion of Honour (1989) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009).
He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes like like Fundamental Physics
prize (2013), Copley Medal (2006) and the Wolf Foundation prize (1988).

Movies starring Stephen Hawking
Hawking(2013)
A brief history of time(1991)
Beyond the horizon(2005)



Professor Stephen Hawking worked on the basic laws which govern the universe.
With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein's general theory of relativity implied
space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes
(1970).

What he died of
Lou Gehrig's disease

Quotes
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that
we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

He write the following books
A brief history of time(1998),Brief answers to big questions,The Grand design,
The theory Everything,My brief history

   
How much He is worth
He is worth approximately
$20M

He earned the some following awards Presidential Medal of Freedom,wolf
prize of physics,Wolf Prize in Physics,Copley medal and the Einstein Award
and a whole lot others

Stephen Hawking and his friends built a computer out of old clock parts
And also mad Telephones,Switchboards and other recycled items.

Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein have the exact same IQ Score of 160.

Stephen Hawking grew up in a house where education was very Important
and his parents were both academics who studied at Oxford University








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