Stephen Hawking is fascinating!  He was ranked 25 in the BBC's poll of the 100 greatest Britons.
who is he ?
He was a famous theoretical physicist, as well as an author and professor.
what are his contributions to sci-fi knowledge?
He collaborated with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems!  He also did work with black holes.
ok , who is black hole?
A black hole is a region in space where nothing - not even particles or light - can escape from inside it.
ok, is there a movie about stephen hawkings
disease), and his success in physics.
The film stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, with Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, and David Thewlis featured in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2014. It had its UK premiere on 1 January 2015.
The film received positive reviews, with praise for the musical score, cinematography, and the performances of Jones and especially Redmayne, which earned him nominations
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.
His scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation.