Stephen Hawking

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  • Born in Oxford,England

  • Goes to Cambridge for his PhD

  • Graduates with first class degree in science from Oxford

  • diagnosed with ALS

  • Showed that black holes emit radiation

    Hawking did this by using quantum numbers and general relativity.

  • He discovered that black holes could leak energy and particles into space

  • Hawking's discovery labeled “Black hole Explosion?” is published in Nature

  • Chosen for Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge

  • Elected as a member of the Royal society

    Elected as a member of the Royal society

  • publishes A Brief History of Time

    publishes A Brief History of Time

    the book discusses the black hole and the Big Bang theory

  • publishes Stephen Hawking’s Universe: The Cosmos Explained

    the book explains basics of the world around us
  • publishes The Theory of Everything

    publishes The Theory of Everything

  • Hawking solves the black hole paradox

    the black hole paradox was a troubling issue to scientists for years