Ever heard of the Man called Stephen William Hawkins?
He was was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author born on the 8th day of January 1942.
Hawkins was director of research at the center for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death.
He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.
His scientific work included 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.
Hawkins was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Hawkins achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general.
His book A Brief History of Time appeared on the British Sunday Times best- seller list for a record-breaking contribution 237 weeks. Hawkins was a fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the President Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2002, Hawkins was ranked number 25 in the BBC’s poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
In 1963, Hawkins was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND; also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” ALS” or Lou Gehrig’s disease) able to communicate through a speech- generating device, initially through use of a hand- held switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle. He died on 14th March 2018 at the age of 76, after living with the disease for more than 50 years.
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