STEPH EN H AW KIN G

STEPHEN WILLIAM HAWKINGS

 English theoretical

physicist
Cosmologist
Writer
Director of
Research at the
Centre for Theoreti
cal Cosmology
within the
University of Camb
ridge
.

 His scientific works

include a
collaboration with
Roger Penroseon
gravitational singular
ity theorems
in the framework of
general relativity, and
the theoretical
prediction that
black holesemit
radiation, often called
Hawking radiation.
]

Hawking was the first

to set forth a theory of

cosmologyexplained
by a union of the
general theory of
relativity and
quantum mechanics.
He is a vigorous
supporter of the
many-worlds interpreta
tion
of quantum
mechanics.[18][19

Hawking has two younger sisters, Philippa and Mary, and an adopted brother, Edward.[26]

PERSONAL LIFE
Born on 8
Januvary 1942
to Frank and
Isobel Hawking

Hawking has two

younger sisters,
Philippa and
Mary, and an
adopted brother,
Edward.[26]

ED U CATIO N
Graduate from oxford university in

physics
Ph.D in cosmology from Cambridge

University under the guidance of

Denis sciama
Professor Hawking has 12 honorary
degrees

D ISABILITY
Hawking suffers
from a rare
early-onset slowprogressing form
of
amyotrophic later
al sclerosis
(ALS), also
known as motor
neurone disease
or Lou Gehrig's
disease, that has
gradually
paralysed him
over the decades

CAREER

THEORY OF SINGULARITY
LAW OF BLACK HOLE DYANAMICS
QUANTUM GRAVITY AND QUANTUM MECHANICS

 "the Black Hole war

Cosmological inflation
First book A brief history of time

Aw ards and honours

He is anHonorary Fellowof the

Royal Society of Arts,

a lifetime member of the
Pontifical Academy of Sciences,
and a recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
highest civilian award in the United
States

 In 2002, following a UK-wide vote,

theBBCincluded him in their list of

the100 Greatest Britons
. Hawking was awarded theCopley
Medal from theRoyal Society(2006)