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The Hawking family moved to Oxford
Because of the World War II and the onslaught of German bombs, Stephen's parents moved to Oxford to have their first child. This city was safer than London. -
An incredible child had been born: Stephen William Hawking
Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. He was the older of four brothers and sisters. His father was a doctor. -
The recicled computer
At the age of 16, Stephen, with his friends, constructed a computer out of recycled parts for solving rudimentary mathematical equations. -
Hawking's graduation
Stephen graduated with honors, and went on to attend the University of Cambridge for a Ph.D. in cosmology. -
Stephen had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
While he was studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a rare disease. He was losing the control of his muscles little by little.
ALS
After 2 years he was married with Jane Wilde. -
Lucy Hawking
Stephen and Jane had their first daugther, Lucy. -
Black holes
Hawking's research turned him into a celebrity within the scientific world when he showed that black holes aren't the information vacuums.Hawking demonstrated that matter, in the form of radiation, can escape the gravitational force of a collapsed star. Hawking Radiation was born. -
Lucasian Chair of Mathematics
He won the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics of the University of Cambridge. -
A Brief History of Time
Hawking, a recipient of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, catapulted to international prominence with the publication of A Brief History of Time. -
Premio Príncipe de Asturias
He recived this prize because of his work about of the cientists divulgation -
The secret key of the universe
Lucy and Stephen wrote a junior novel about the universe and physics: The secret key of the universe -
Hawking's health
Hawking was rushed to the hospital for being gravely ill.
