Stephen Hawking is an English physicist who was born in 1942. He is famous for his work on black holes. Hawking suffers from a very serious illness and is confined to a wheelchair, unable to speak. He communicates his brilliant ideas with the help of computers. |
Stephen Hawking is an English astrophysicist who was born in 1942. He is a leader in the fields of theoretical physics and cosmology. Hawking is most famous for his work on black holes, bodies of matter so dense that their gravitational fields trap even light inside. In his early twenties, Hawking was diagnosed with a ultimately terminal illness. Today he is confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak. He communicates his brilliant ideas with the aid of computers. |
Stephen Hawking is an English astrophysicist who was born in 1942. He is a leader in the fields of theoretical physics and cosmology (the origins of the universe). Hawking is famous for his studies of black holes, bodies of matter so dense and compact that their gravitational fields trap even light inside. He theorized that black holes in fact do emit some type of radiation and can eventually blow up. In his early twenties, Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, and today is confined to a wheelchair, unable to speak. Nevertheless, he communicates his brilliant ideas with the aid of computers and holds a professorship at the University of Oxford. |
