The Remarkable Life Of Stephen Hawking

Mar 9
07:22

2011

Craig Thornburrow

Craig Thornburrow

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Stephen Hawking has managed to accomplish far more than anyone could ever imagine. His condition that has progressed over the years and left him virtually completely paralyzed has not stopped him from producing record bestsellers. Most importantly, it has not slowed him down from leaving a mark in history in the educational fields.

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Born on January 8,The Remarkable Life Of Stephen Hawking Articles 1942, Stephen Hawking has become one of the most brilliant men to walk the earth.  The English theoretical physicist and cosmologist has gone on to achieve tremendous things in life through countless awards, Universities and books. 

It is his scientific books and numerous public appearances that have made him an academic celebrity and icon over the years.  He has become an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and just a couple of years ago he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest civilian award in the United States.

To say that he has lived life to the fullest and achieved great things is an drastic understatement.  Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for a remarkable thirty years.  This stint lasted from 1979 to October 1, 2009 when he decided to call it quits. 

Of course, this was not quite to work as he has long had a tremendous work ethic.  He now holds the position of Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.

On top of this, Hawking is also a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and a Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario.  Beyond his educational commitments, he has also contributed to the fields of cosmology, quantum gravity, particularly in the context of black holes.

He has countless books and educational pieces of brilliance with works of popular science.  It is his theories and cosmology in general that have allured most.  His best seller A Brief History of Time did something no other book has accomplished.  This best seller stayed on the British Sunday Times bestsellers list for a remarkable 237 weeks. 

Some of his key works over his life include providing theorems regarding gravitational singularities in the framework of general relativity.  In addition, he has contributed to the theoretical prediction that black holes should emit radiation known as Hawking radiation. 

Despite having a motor neurone disease related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Stephen Hawking has managed to accomplish far more than anyone could ever imagine.  His condition that has progressed over the years and left him virtually completely paralyzed has not stopped him from producing record bestsellers.  Most importantly, it has not slowed him down from leaving a mark in history in the educational fields.