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v. t. e. 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. [ 6][ 17][ 18] Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge ...
Jul 16, 2024 · Stephen Hawking kept scripts from The Simpsons and X-Files among works on theoretical physics. Stephen Hawking (born January 8, 1942, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died March 14, 2018, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was an English theoretical physicist whose theory of exploding black holes drew upon both relativity theory and quantum mechanics.
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Jul 17, 2024 · Stephen Hawking was a scientist known for his work with black holes and relativity, and the author of popular science books like 'A Brief History of Time.' By Biography.com Editors Updated: Jul 17 ...
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Mar 14, 2018 · Gemma Levine/Getty. Stephen Hawking, the world-famous theoretical physicist, has died at the age of 76. Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened ...
Jul 12, 2019 · Updated on July 12, 2019. Stephen Hawking (January 8, 1942–March 14, 2018) was a world-renowned cosmologist and physicist, especially esteemed for overcoming an extreme physical disability to pursue his groundbreaking scientific work. He was a bestselling author whose books made complex ideas accessible to the general public.
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Mar 15, 2018 · Stephen conceded our most famous bet (regarding whether black holes destroy information) in 2004, before an audience in Dublin of 700 scientists and at least 50 reporters from print and electronic ...
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Stephen Hawking’s mind was not the all-conquering juggernaut of public myth. Like any scientist, he got it wrong from time to time, and often had to concede defeat in intellectual combat.
