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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.
25 de abr. de 2024 · Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British physicist and cosmologist, revolutionized our understanding of black holes and the universe through his groundbreaking research and resilience in battling ALS.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- He Was An Average Student in Elementary School
- He Was Initially Puzzled by His Own Equation
- Hawking Almost Died in 1985
- He Considered His non-descript Computer Voice Part of His Identity
- Hawking Wrote Books Using His Vocal Synthesizer
- He Had A Wicked Sense of Humor
Hawking didn’t have the sort of sparkling early academic career you'd expect from a Grade-A genius. He claimed he didn't learn to properly read until he was 8 years old, and his grades never surpassed the average scores of his classmates at St. Albans School. Of course, there was a reason those same classmates nicknamed him "Einstein"; Hawking buil...
Hawking's equation, which involves the speed of light, Newton’s constant and other symbols that make the non-mathematically inclined run for cover, measures emissions from black holes that today is known as Hawking radiation. Hawking was initially puzzled by these findings, as he believed black holes to be celestial death traps that swallowed up al...
Although the doomsday predictions of his early doctors were off, Hawking did almost die after contracting pneumonia while traveling to Geneva in 1985. While he was unconscious and hooked up to a ventilator, the option of removing the fragile scientist from life support was being considered until his then-wife, Jane, rejected the idea. Hawking inste...
Hawking's original synthesizer was created by a California-based company called Words Plus, which ran a speech program called Equalizer on an Apple II computer. Adapted to a portable system that could be mounted on a wheelchair, the program enabled Hawking to "speak" by using a hand clicker to choose words on a screen. After he eventually lost use ...
Hawking long believed he could write a book about the mysteries of the universe that would connect with the public, a task that seemed all but impossible after he lost the abilities to write and speak. However, he painstakingly pressed forward with his speech synthesizer, receiving valuable assistance from students who relayed draft revisions with ...
Despite his extraordinary physical challenges, Hawking wasn't shy about appearing on television. He first appeared as himself on a 1993 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, cracking jokes while playing poker with Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. He also lent his voice to the animated shows The Simpsons and Futurama, and, fittingly, surfaced ...
Hace 3 días · Stephen Hawking is one of the most recognisable figures in modern science. His book 'A Brief History of Time' explained modern Physics to the public.
14 de mar. de 2018 · By Sally Guyoncourt. March 14, 2018 10:41 pm (Updated July 4, 2020 1:21 pm) As one of the world’s best-known scientists Professor Stephen Hawking didn’t shy away from the limelight or...
12 de feb. de 2024 · Hawking estaba convencido de que una consecuencia de ese universo surgido del Big Bang fue la creación de agujeros negros, unas regiones del espacio donde, según la ciencia ha creído tradicionalmente, la gravedad es tan fuerte que ni siquiera la luz puede escapar una vez ha sido atrapada.
14 de mar. de 2018 · 14 March 2018. By Roland Pease,BBC Science. SPL. Prof Stephen Hawking has died aged 76. The Cambridge theoretical physicist was one of the best-known scientists in the world, but what about his...
