2. Birth:
Stephen hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300
years after the death of Galileo) in oxfordshire , england.
His parents was in north london .
His full name was stephen william hawking.
4. Stephen wanted to study mathematics, although his father
would have preferred madicine .
After three years he was awarded a first class honours
degree in natural science.
6. After gaining his ph.d he became first a reserch fellow and
later on a professorial fellow at gonville and caius college.
In 1973 he had left institute of astronomy and came to the
dpt. Of applied mathematics and theoretical physics in
1979 .
there he held the post of lucasian professor of mathematics
from 1979 until 2009.
11. Fieldsofstudy:
His major research in the areas of theoretical
cosmology.
He is most well known for his work in the study of
black holes.
Demonstrated that black holes evaporate through
hawking radiation.
12. Medicalcondition:
At the age of 21, stephen hawking was
diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .
Given only twoyears to live
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14. As part of his condition , hawking lost his
ability to speak .
So he utilises device that can translate his eye
moments to speak in a digitized voice.
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16. Popularpublications:
A brief history of time from the big bang to black
holes(1988).
The universe in a nutshell(2001).
On the shoulders of giants (2002).
A brief history of time (2005).
17. George’s secret key to the universe with lucy
hawking(2007).
George’s cosmic treasure hunt with lucy
hawking (2009)
The grand design with leonard mlodinow
(2010).
My brief history-an autobiography…………….