I was watching a documentary about Stephen Hawking, he was so intelligent and amazing! I can't believe he was an author, physicist, and a Director at University of Cambridge!
I did not know all that. Who is he?
I;m sure you have seen him on television, Hawking he was in a wheelchair and had to talk by way of computer?
That does sound familiar. I probably have seen him.
Yes, if you were a "The Big Bang Theory" fan, you would have saw him in the 21st episode.
Why is he in a wheel chair?
Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general. His book "A Brief History of Time" appeared on the British "Sunday Times" best-seller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking was a Fellow of the Royal Society
, lived in the United Kingdom nearly all of his life, and received his medical care from the NHS. "IBD" later removed the editorial's reference to Hawking in its online version and appended an "Editor's Note" which said, "This version corrects the original editorial which implied that physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of Cambridge, did not live in the UK." Hawking himself responded, "I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a