WechoseourtopicbywatchingTheTheoryofEverything,themovieaboutamanand

hislifewithAmyotrophicLateralSclerosisdisease.Thismoviereallyabsorbedourattentionas
wewentthroughajourneyofStephenHawkingslife.Welearnedsomuchasthemoviewenton
andwantedtogodeeperintohislifetolearnmore!ConsideringthefactthatwehadNational
HistoryDaycomingupwedecidedthiswouldbetheperfecttopicforustodoandwouldfit
perfectlywiththetheme(Exploration,Encounter,andExchange).Wealsowatchedsomeofhis
interviewstomakesurewewerereallyinterestedinthistopic.
Weconductedourresearchbyseekingnovels,NewYorkTimesarticles,andinformation
fromvariouswebsitesaboutourtopic,StephenHawking.TheLaCrossePublicLibrarywasthe
mainareawherewedivedintoStephenHawkingslife,whileconnectingourtheme:
Exploration,Encounter,andExchange.Alltogetherwefoundtenbooksandtookhomeeight.
NewYorkTimearticleshelpedusunderstandhisoccupationandhisimpact.Reliablewebsites
wereabighelp,mostofourinformationwasfoundinreputablewebsites.
StephenHawkingisextraordinarilyfullofinformation,bychoosingawebsitewewere
abletoinsertasmuchphenomenalinformationaswewish.Thewebsitejustsee
medtofitStephen
Hawkingbecausetheresmuchinformationhehasencounteredthroughouttime,explorationinspace,and
partnershehasworkedandexchangedknowledgewith.Sincehehasdonesomuchovertimewewere
abletohavedifferentpagesandslides.

WhenStephenHawkingcomestomindyoullthinkofhowhe
encountered
ALS.ALS
standsforAmyotrophicLateralSclerosis,StephenHawking
encountered
thisat21.Thistypeof
motorneurondiseasecausesnervecellstoprogressivelybreakdownanddie.Ifyoutakea
furtherlookintoStephenslife,youwilldiscoverthathe
explored
blackholesandtheirpurpose
totheUniverse.

Thep
hysicist
explored
blackholes,bringingthemtothehumaneye.Stephen
exchangedwithafellowcosmologistRogerPenrose,heestablishedwithinblackholes.Healso
workedwithJimHartle,whodevelopedacosmologicalmodelsaidtheuniversehasnoboundary
inspacetime.