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Beloved scientist Stephen Hawking, who overcame a debilitating disease to continue probing the mysteries of the universe, has died at the age of 76.
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.
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Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England, UK. His father was Frank Hawking, an English biologist; his mother was Isobel Walker, a Scottish Philosophy, Politics and Economics graduate; both parents were graduates of the University of Oxford. Stephen had two younger sisters and an adopted brother. Stephen Hawking was an average ...
Hawking was known for bringing about a limited union between two very different fields: Albert Einstein’sgeneral theory of relativity and quantum theory. At one time it was thought that absolutely nothing could escape from a black hole. Hawking’s equations produced an amazing result – that over time black holes can lose energy – now known as Hawkin...
His computer synthesized voice and the concept a genius mind trapped within a powerless body captured the public imagination all over the world. Arguably, Hawking became the most famous scientist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, making appearances in TV shows such as The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, and Red Dwarf. The 2014 movie The The...
Stephen Hawking married Jane Wilde, a language student, in 1965, and they had three children: Lucy, Robert and Tim. The couple separated in 1991. From 2009 Hawking was almost completely paralyzed. Stephen Hawking died peacefully, age 76, at home, on March 14, 2018, in Cambridge, UK. His ashes were laid to rest in London’s Westminster Abbey between ...
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Jun 22, 2024 · Stephen Hawking (born January 8, 1942, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died March 14, 2018, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was an English theoretical physicist whose theory of exploding black holes drew upon both relativity theory and quantum mechanics.
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Mar 14, 2018 · Physicist Stephen Hawking was given only two years to live when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1963. He died early this morning (UK time) at the age of 76. Here are some images ...
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018): the theoretical physicist's life in pictures - BBC Science Focus Magazine
