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1. www.biography.com › scientists › stephen-hawkingStephen Hawking: Biography, Scientist, Relativity, ALS

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   Aug 28, 2019 · Disease. At the age of 21, Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig 's disease). In a very simple sense, the nerves that controlled his muscles were...

2. www.newsweek.com › stephen-hawking-als-disease-843944What is ALS? Stephen Hawking's Disease Explained

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   Mar 14, 2018 · Hawking had a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Early-onset and slow-progressing, he was diagnosed at age 21 during his studies at the...

3. www.nature.com › articles › d41586/018/02839-9Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) - Nature

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   Mar 14, 2018 · Hawking, who died on 14 March 2018, was born in Oxford, UK, in 1942 to a medical-researcher father and a philosophy-graduate mother. After attending St Albans School near London, he earned a first ...

4. www.abc.net.au › news › healthStephen Hawking's ALS and how he outlived his prognosis by ...

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   Mar 14, 2018 · (Reuters) abc.net.au/news/stephen-hawking-als-how-he-outlived-his-prognosis-for-so-long/9548110. Link copied. Share article. When Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1963, few thought he would live more than a couple of years.

5. www.businessinsider.com › stephen-hawking-deathStephen Hawking Death: What Is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ...

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   Mar 14, 2018 · AP Photo/Lynne Sladky. Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when he was 21. Doctors didn't expect him to live very long, but he ended up making it to the age...

6. apnews.com › article › c7596dc526574725b3fb25990250a551A life: Hawking defied ALS to become pre-eminent physicist

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   Mar 14, 2018 · Hawking owed one part of his fame to his triumph over amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a degenerative disease that eats away at the nervous system. When he was diagnosed aged only 21, he was given only a few years to live.

7. www.als-curtisvancefoundation.org › stephenLife With ALS: The Stephen Hawking Story

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   Feb 24, 2023 · Stephen William Hawking is one of the most influential and inspirational figures of modern times. Diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at the age of 21, he was told he had only a few years left to live.