STEPHEN HAWKING

STEPHENS EARLY LIFE

• Stephen William Hawking was born January 8th, 1942, Oxford, England.
• At 11 Stephen went to St. Albans school, then later to University College, his fathers old college
• He wanted to study Mathematics, but his father wanted medicine.
• Math was not available at University College, so he pursued physics instead.
• He was awarded a first class honours degree in Natural Science after three years of work.

HAWKINGS INSPIRATION

• His interest was tapped at the work of Roger Penrose
• Roger Penrose was studying the fate of stars andbthe creation of black holes
• This sparked Hawkings imagination about how the universe began.
• It set him on the path that reshaped the way the world thinks about blacks holes and the universe.

STEPHENS OTHER INTERESTS

• Stephen was also a theoretical Physist
• He wanted to pusue mathematics but his college did not have it
• He was a Cosmologist
• He was even an author of about 14 books
• Stephen was also a director of research at the centre for theoretical cosmology

STEPHENS CONTRIBUTIONS

• Stephen contributed his knowledge of stars fates
• He contributed hos knowledge of black holes and the universe
• It changed how we think about about the universe
• Stephen had 3 theories: quantum cosmology, M-theory and anthropic principle
• For And Explanation On These, Go Here---http://www.hawking.org.uk/quantum-cosmology-m-theory-and-the-anthropic-principle.

HOW IT AFFECTED PEOPLE

• It effected people by changing how we think about the universe.
• In the link on the previous slide, shows what his theory was
• Scientists today are still testing his theory on the hawking radiation
• They want to figure out how a black hole can take in information and dissapear.
• It goes beyond our laws of physics

OTHER INFO

• Stephen hawking is an author of about 14 books
• He was only given a couple more years to live at the age of 21
• He is currently 72 years old
• He uses a pair of glasses that have a built on sensor to move the cursor on his computer.
• His first wife was jane wilde, his second wife was Elaine Mason

MORE INFO

• HE has lived with als for 51 years
• His computer is the only source of communication
• His kids names are Lucy hawking, Timothy hawking, and Robert hawking

ENDING

• Stephen is known to be the longest living person disgnosed with als
• He is also known to be one of the greatest philosiphers since Einstein

SITES: HAWKING.ORG.UK

• hawking.org.uk
• biography.com
• burro.astr.cwru.edu
• msutoday.msu.edu
• The link in the 4 th slide

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