Early Life
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8, 1942. He experienced childhood in an exceptionally intelligent family. Both of his parents had gone to Oxford University and his dad, Frank, was a medicinal scientist.
Stephen enjoyed doing math and science in school where he earned the moniker or nickname "Einstein." He needed to examine math at college however Oxford didn't have a math degree at the time so he chose Quantum physics and chemistry. Stephen felt school coursework is very simple and easy.He enjoyed being a member of the school's boat club as well as classical music. After graduation, he went to Cambridge to read for his PhD.
Diagnosed to have ALS
While Hawking was dealing with his PhD at Cambridge University, he started to have medical problems. His speech became slurred and he turned out to be exceptionally clumsy & he started regularly dropping things or succumbing to no explanation. Subsequent to experiencing a progression of tests, specialists found that Hawking had an illness called ALS (likewise called Lou Gehrig's sickness). At the time, the specialists said he just had a couple of years to live.
Beating ALS
In spite of the fact that Hawking was first discouraged over his condition, he chose that there were things he needed to achieve with his life. He started to study and work harder than at any other time. He needed to win his PhD before he passes away . Around a similar time, he met and fell for a young lady named Jane Wilde. Between his work and Jane, Hawking now has a reason to live.
Despite the initial grim diagnosis from his doctors, Hawking has carried on with a full and profitable existence with the assistance of science and present day medication. In spite of the fact that he is limited to a wheelchair and can't talk, he can impart utilizing a touch cushion PC and a voice synthesizer.
Dark Holes and Hawking Radiation
Stephen spent quite a bit of his scholarly work looking into black holes and space-time speculations. He composed numerous significant papers regarding the matter and turned into a prominent master on relativity and black holes. Maybe his most celebrated hypothesis was one that shows that black holes transmit some radiation. Before this it was felt that black holes couldn't get smaller in light of the fact that nothing could get away from their colossal gravity. This radiation from black holes has turned out to be known as Hawking Radiation.
A Brief History of Time
Stephen spent much of his academic work researching black holes and space-time theories. This book secured present day subjects on cosmology, for example, the huge explosion and black holes in wording that could be comprehended by the normal peruser. The book turned out to be well known selling a large number of duplicates and staying on the London Sunday Times, smash hit rundown for a long time. He has since composed a lot more books incorporating A Briefer History in Time, On the Shoulders of Giants, and The Universe in a Nutshell.
Fascinating Facts about Stephen Hawking
He was born on the 300th commemoration of the passing of galileo He has been married twice and has three kids. Stephen has been on a few TV shows including The Simpsons and the Big Bang Theory.
The book A Brief History of Time just has one condition, Einstein's well known equation i.e
E = mc2.
Hawking has written a few kids' books with his little girl Lucy including George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt and George and the Big Bang.
He got the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
He was trained with NASA on their zero gravity flying machine.