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Stephen William Hawking. By: Nyika Empey. January 2014. Early Life. He was born on 8 th of January 1942 in Oxford Hawking had two younger sisters Philippa and Mary His parents were Frank and Isobel Hawking Hawking's parents both went to the University of Oxford when they were younger.
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Stephen William Hawking By: NyikaEmpey January 2014
Early Life • He was born on 8th of January 1942 in Oxford • Hawking had two younger sisters Philippa and Mary • His parents were Frank and Isobel Hawking • Hawking's parents both went to the University of Oxford when they were younger
Education • Stephen Hawking began school at the Byron House school • When Stephen was eight they moved to St. Albans, Hertfordshire and attended the St. Albans High School for Girls for a few months • Stephen took a trip to Majorca with his family to see a friend called Beryl and her husband and when they retuned Stephen went to Radlett School for a year • From September 1952 he stayed at St. Albans • Stephen was not doing good at reading but very good at Science • In 1959 Hawking went to Oxford University and later married Jane Wilde on 14th July 1965
Why he was Famous • He wrote a book called ‘A brief History of Time’ and other books which explains about black holes and the universe for kids and adults • His own research is mostly about black holes and providing theories of their behaviour • He received lots of rewards for his theories and research like Albert Einstein Medal and the Wolf Prize in physics
The Big Bang Theory • Stephen Hawking always loved Science and he became a theoretical physicist and cosmologist • He came up with the Big Bang Theory • Stephen has always been talking about the Universe and how it all started with the Big Bang and black holes
Disease • Stephen spent all his life in science and he would never stop • He suffers from a amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a type of motor neuron disease that has left him paralised • It came around his 20’s. • He still suffers from it to this day
Now life • Stephen Hawking is currently a Lucasian professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge • Stephen doesn't think the human race will survive for the next thousand years unless we spread into space.
