Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous cosmologists and theoretical physicists alive. He is famous, among other things, for the description of radiation that escapes fromthe region near a black hole (Hawking radiation) and the theory for the evaporation of black holes.
Hawkings scientific works (together with others) include providing theorems regarding singularities, the frameworl of general relativity.
Stephen Hawking is also famous because he has accomplished so much despite debilitating muscular atrophy due to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
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Professor Stephen Hawking was a renowned theoretical physicist known for his groundbreaking work on black holes, the nature of the universe, and his book "A Brief History of Time." He also made significant contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.
Yes, Stephen Hawking had three children from his first marriage to Jane Wilde. Their names are Lucy, Robert, and Timothy.
Stephen Hawking passed away on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76.
Professor Stephen Hawking is probably the most famous disabled scientist having contributed significantly to black hole theory; he suffers from symptoms matching those of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) which keeps him confined to a wheelchair.
The program that allowed Stephen Hawking to speak was developed by a company called Intel, specifically their Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT) team. The program used a speech synthesizer and eye-tracking technology to enable Hawking to communicate by selecting words on a screen.
No, Justin Hawkins from The Darkness and Stephen Hawking the scientist are not related. Justin Hawkins is a musician known for his work with The Darkness, while Stephen Hawking was a renowned theoretical physicist.