Stephen Hawking Biography: The Life and Work of the World’s Famous Scientist in a Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking Biography: The Life and Work of the World’s Famous Scientist in a Brief History of Time

Chris Dicker

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Table of Contents

Birth and First Years (1942-1952)

Secondary School St. Albany (1953-1958)

Physics Studies at Oxford (1959-1962)

Cambridge Graduate Years (1962-1963)

Motor Neurone Disease

Marriage to Jane Wilde

Doctorial Thesis: Properties of Expanding Universe

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in Cambridge

A Brief History of Time

Loss of Speech

Divorce of Jane Wilde

Marriage to Elaine Mason (The Nurse)

Scientific Work and Views

The Universe in a Nutshell

Final Thoughts

Birth and first years (1942-1952)

It is long known that scientists are difficult, unpopular people, lost in their very specialised fields, creating theories that no one understands, esteemed but not loved, of which one must learn the dreadful science lessons in school.

All of this might be true for all scientists except for Stephen Hawking.

He is famous not only for his scientific theories, but for making the science accessible and fun, and for bringing highly theoretical concepts within everyone’s grasp.

He did all of this and a lot more while struggling with an awful disease, that made him incapable to move and almost unable to communicate.

His entire life represents the triumph of the spirit over the matter; he is a model for all of us, even if his life