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    Stephen Hawking has been hailed as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein. Hawking was born on January 8‚ 1942‚ which as he likes to point out is the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death. Hawking originally studied at Oxford University in England studying physics even though he would have preferred math. He moved onto Cambridge University to work on his PhD in cosmology. Hawking’s career has focused upon the cosmic entities known as black holes‚ and has extended

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    April 2005 Physics Honors Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking was born on January 8‚ 1942. He is the first child of Frank and Isabel Hawking. During the second World War‚ Isabel was sent from her husband’s home in Highgate‚ to Oxford. This was considered a much safer place to have children during the war. Soon after his birth‚ his family moved back in together in their north London home. Hawking began his schooling here at Hertfordshire School. Hawking moved only once during his

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    September‚ 18 2013 Stephen Hawking 1243 Brown St. Europe‚ Oxford 21348 Re: Scientific Research

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    Stephen Hawking started his studies at Cambridge University. He began to study cosmology but later then realized that was not the path he wanted to go down. Eventually he became a professor of theoretical physics. By the age of 21‚ Hawking contracted ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)‚ a neurological disease that is incurable and very fatal. ALS eats your nervous system very slowly. From then until now‚ Hawking has defied this disease and is still alive to this day. Hawking has a family‚ and three

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    The Contributions of Stephen Hawking   "I don ’t want to go to school today. I have a cold." No one can truly say that this thought has never crossed their mind. Everyday around the globe‚ people are missing school‚ work‚ and common engagements for various reasons. Although they often may not be the most frivolous of excuses‚ they are still excuses. What if you are completely paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair for the rest of your life? It this isn’t a reason to skip anything; it is most

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    STEPHEN HAWKING Stephen Hawking was born on Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford‚ London. When he was eight‚ his family moved to St. Albans‚ a town about 20 miles north of London. At the age of eleven‚ Stephen went to St. Albans School and then on to University College‚ Oxford; his father’s old college. Stephen wanted to study Mathematics‚ although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College‚ so he pursued Physics instead

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    A Brief History of Time” is a book that was published by famous physicist Stephen Hawking‚ whom in this novel talks about the ideas or theories of physicists in a way that we can understand. It also explains how the universe exists and how we perceive it going into lively detail. There are as I said multiple topics he discusses such as how the universe works. In chapter 1 he talks about Aristotle’s theory on how he thought the earth was a sphere and not just a flat surface. “If the earth had been

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    ------------------------------------------------- Stephen Hawking From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Stephen Hawking CH CBE | Hawking at NASA‚ 1980s | Born | Stephen William Hawking 8 January 1942 (age 71) Oxford‚ England | Residence | United Kingdom | Nationality | British | Fields | * General relativity * Quantum gravity | Institutions | * Cambridge University * California Institute of Technology * Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | Alma mater |

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    Today I will introduce a famous and outstanding scientist to you. A brief history of Stephen Hawking. The main contents include four aspects Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist‚ whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford‚ England. His parents’ house was in north London‚ but during the Second World War Oxford was considered

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    Stephen Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 to Dr. Frank Hawking‚ a research biologist‚ and Isobel Hawking. He had two younger sisters‚ Philippa and Mary‚ and an adopted brother‚ Edward.[11] Though Hawking’s parents were living in North London‚ they moved to Oxford while his mother was pregnant with Stephen‚ desiring a safer location for the birth of their first child. (London was under attack at the time by the Luftwaffe.)[12] According to Hawking‚ a German V-2 missile struck only a few streets away

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