What is Stephen Hawking?
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Stephen Hawking is a brillant astro and theoretical physicist, most known for his study of black holes, his book A brief History of Time, and his illness ALS, which has left him almost completly imobile. His other books The Universe in a Nutshell, a Briefer History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, On The Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy.
He is also a pop culture icon, due to his physically disabled status, his status as one of the leading scientists of our time, and his computer that he uses to talk by pressing a variety of symbols for sounds. He has been in the shows
Stephen Hawking has had Lou Gehrig's Disease for most of his life and as lived much longer then his doctors originally thought.
"When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my gun." - Stephen Hawking
"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
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The greatest scientist this world has ever known. Born January 8, 1942. He is especially famous for his book "A Brief History of Time," published in 1988, which became a bestseller. Hawking is a physicist especially known for his work on black holes.
He currently is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. This post was also held by Sir Isaac Newton.
Stephen Hawking's genius becomes even more amazing when seen beside his disability. Lou Gehrig's Disease has left him tetraplegic and only able to be mobile with a highly advanced wheelchair.
Hawking has a great sense of humor and even engages in bets and jokes with others, never letting his disability become a damper on his talent.
I hope someday I'll be a theoretical physicist like Stephen Hawking.
I think that Stephen Hawking deserves a Nobel Prize. Proof? Who needs proof?!
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That guy they are always making fun of in cartoons.
Stephen Hawking: I call it a "Hawking Hole".
Fry: No fair! I saw it first!
Stephen Hawking: Who is The Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?
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A physicist who sold his soul to the devil.
Diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, he continues to live more than 3 times as long as the highest hopeful estimated lifespan of one with such a motor neurone disease. Only 10% of people survive to 10 years - Hawking has lived four times as long.
Mark: That Stephen Hawking really is inspiring, living that long and fighting his disability. He's a medical miracle.
Loren: About that disability - I bet he sold his soul to Satan.
Mark: You know that's right. Of all people, this genius beats all odds, continuing to contribute so much to the scientific community...
Loren: I tell you, it's impossible to not get suspicious. FORTY YEARS with an MND called ALS.
Mark: Come to think of it, I'd be surprised if he HADN'T sold his soul!
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