British physicist Stephen Hawking is perhaps the most famous scientist on planet Earth. At the age of 21, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He is the man who changed the way the whole universe is known today. His research has left its mark on the history of science. His intellectual capacity was at a high level, despite his disability, which is why he managed to become one of the most famous scientists in all of history.
Stephen Hawking is known for his theory known as the Theory of Everything. He was the first scientist to attempt to unify Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the laws of quantum physics. According to the black hole temperature formula developed by Stephen Hawking, black holes have been shown to be responsible for emitting a specific radiation called Hawking radiation. In addition to this hypothesis, there are others that refer to the functioning of the universe that this brilliant mind has made. The theory of imaginary time is also one of his most famous theories in which Stephen postulates that the universe has no boundaries as such, so it causes time to originate from his own Big Bang.
Interesting facts about Stephen Hawking
- Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 1963 and doctors did not expect him to live longer than 3 years. But he exceeded doctors’ expectations and lived another 55 years after being diagnosed with ALT.
- Stephen Hawking had a tracheotomy, due to which he lost his voice and needed constant care for 24 hours. In 1985, a programmer from California discovered his condition and managed to make a computer with which Stephen could communicate with the help of eye and head movements.
- Stephen Hawking loved mathematics from an early age, but his father wanted him to study medicine, but in the end Stephen enrolled at Oxford where he studied physics.
- Stephen Hawking to prove that time travel is not possible, organized a party for time travelers. Nobody showed up at this party, so that proved his point.
- Hawking has been married twice and has two children with his first wife, whom he divorced in 1990. His second wife is actually his nurse Elaine Mason, whom he divorced in 2006.
- Stephen Hawking’s doctoral dissertation was entitled “Properties of the Expanding Universe” in which he explained that the universe could be created in mathematical terms, beginning with the Big Bang. When this thesis was published online, the website crashed due to overcrowding.
- According to Stephen Hawking’s theories of what the end of the world would be like, he explained that the downfall of mankind was due to artificial intelligence, pandemics, nuclear war, climate change, or overpopulation. He was also a proponent of finding a new planet for life.
- At age 65, Hawking experienced zero gravity. He was weightless for 4 minutes.
In addition to his scientific research and profession as a scientist, Stephen Hawkin has appeared in several television series: “The Big Bang Theory”, “The Simpsons” and “Star Trek”.
- Stephen Hawking once said that if we could find a way to use energy from the black hole, we could power the whole world with electricity.
