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theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking,(born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. Among his significant scientific works have been a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularities theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is a vocal supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.
Hawking has achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; his A Brief History of Time stayed on the British Sunday Times best-sellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking has a motor neuron disease related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a condition that has progressed over the years. He is almost entirely paralysed and communicates through a speech generating device. He married twice and has three children.
On why we should not seek communication with extraterrestrials: "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet."
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Space.com
April 12, 2018
Playful Genius: Tribute Recalls Stephen Hawking's Lighter Side ... Hawking, who died March 14 at the age of 76, "enjoyed being treated irreverently," theoretical physicist John Preskill wrote in a tribute to the late cosmologist that was published ... [Stephen Hawking: A Physics Icon Remembered in Photos].
The Oxford Times
March 31, 2018
THE funeral of the Oxford-born professor Stephen Hawking has been held in a church in Cambridge. The renowned British physicist died peacefully at his home on March 14 at the age of 76. The cosmologist had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in his 20s. Saturday's private funeral service atÃâà...
Democracy Now!
March 30, 2018
On Saturday, members of the scientific community, family, friends and fans alike will gather to remember the life and legacy of groundbreaking physicist Stephen Hawking. Hawking died on March 14 at his home in Cambridge, England, at the age of 76. For decades, Hawking enchanted both scientists andÃâà...
The Content Standard by Skyword
March 29, 2018
He used examples that drew on real-life objects and scenarios to explain some of the most confounding scientific ideas about the universe. One of his biggest areas of interest was black holes, which are still one of the least understood phenomena in theoretical physics. Here is Stephen Hawking explainingÃâà...
Newsweek
March 23, 2018
Stephen Hawking World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking answers questions with the help of a voice synthesiser during a press conference at the .... His office is in a narrow, cluttered cubicle in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, which occupies a building as charmlessÃâà...
Scientific American
March 14, 2018
Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential physicists of the twentieth century and perhaps the most celebrated icon of contemporary science, has died at the age of 76. The University of Cambridge confirmed that the physicist died in the early hours of 14 March at his home in Cambridge, England.
Live Science
March 14, 2018
The iconic physicist and arguably one of the world's greatest minds, Stephen Hawking, died peacefully at his home in Cambridge, England, on March 14, 2018. As tributes pour out from colleagues, other cosmologists and enthusiasts the world over, Live Science looks back at Hawking's life. Though heÃâà...
CBS News
March 14, 2018
As one of Isaac Newton's successors as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, Hawking was involved in the search for the great goal of physics -- a "unified theory." Such a theory would resolve the contradictions between Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which describes theÃâà...
Voice of America
March 14, 2018
Hawking was one of Sir Isaac Newton's successors as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. In this role, he was involved in the search for one of the great goals of physics – to find a “unified theory.” He studied Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which describes theÃâà...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
March 14, 2018
Stephen Hawking: A physicist's appreciation ... Daniel Holz is an Associate Professor in Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, at the ... Stephen Hawking was a singular individual, revered both by his fellow scientists and by the public.
National Geographic
March 13, 2018
Stephen Hawking, the British theoretical physicist who found a link between gravity and quantum theory, and who declared that black holes aren't really ... scientists as celebrities and public intellectuals, "a signature contribution to cosmology [just] as the field became the most exciting place in physics.".
euronews
March 13, 2018
"My disabilities have not been a significant handicap in my field, which is theoretical physics. Indeed, they have helped me in a way by shielding me from lecturing and administrative work that I would otherwise have been involved in. I have managed, however, only because of the large amount of help IÃâà...
NPR
March 13, 2018
Changing our understanding of physics. So what did this man who re-envisioned the universe really do? What was his science all about? Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist who is on leave from Arizona State University and was a friend and colleague of Hawking's, says that at a young age, HawkingÃâà...
Japan Today
March 1, 2018
Influential voices – such as Moshe Vardi, professor of computational engineering at Rice University, and the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking – forecast tens of millions of jobs lost: this time, it seems, the substitution of old work by new work won't…work. What to make of this? Though AI may, in theÃâà...
Prague Post
March 1, 2018
The famous American Professor Stephen Hawking talked to the Wired recently about Climate Change. He is the renowned physicist, cosmologist, and author of the book The Brief History of Time. In his interview, Professor Hawking lamented the fact of climate change denial by the American PresidentÃâà...
Live Science
February 27, 2018
The idea is a basic premise of modern physics: If something falls into a black hole, it can't be contacted, it's future can't be predicted. ... First proposed by mathematician Roger Penrose in 1969 and later debated by the likes of Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne, it's been modified over the decades and hasÃâà...
Interesting Engineering
February 27, 2018
One astronomer has calculated that it would happen within 1,500 years, with another predicting we will find intelligent alien life by 2040. Many scientists and thinkers have so far warned about the risks involved in terms of interacting with aliens. Famous physicist Stephen Hawking has said that intelligentÃâà...
physicsworld.com
February 27, 2018
Today, people are celebrating Hedgehog Day – possibly as an alternative to Groundhog Day, which is a tradition in North America. There is a nice connection between the spiny critters and physics because diagrams illustrating magnetic quasiparticles called skyrmions are sometimes referred to asÃâà...
CNBC
February 27, 2018
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has said AI could be the best or the worst event in the history of civilization. His warnings of the latter were frightening. "It brings dangers, like powerful autonomous weapons, or new ways for the few to oppress the many. It could bring great disruption to our economy,"Ãâà...
Live Science
February 26, 2018
Famed physicist Stephen Hawking has voiced his concern several times, saying that intelligent aliens would have no problem wiping out the human race. That said, the same futurists and theoretical minds also fear that the same fate could be dished out to us by human-created artificial intelligence.
Deadline
February 11, 2018
When first watching James Marsh's biopic The Theory of Everything, which follows the rise of Stephen Hawking (portrayed by Eddie Redmayne) as a groundbreaking physicist-cosmologist who slowly becomes crippled by ALS, it's easy to mistake the film for a different period than the three decades duringÃâà...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking died on March 14 at the age of 76. Hawking awed us with his remarkable mind, which delivered revelations about black holes and other wonders of the universe, and with his defiant inability to be diminished by his paralysis, brought on by his diagnosis ofÃâà...
Gizmodo
December 31, 1999
The paper, titled “A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation?,” was authored by Hawking and Thomas Hertog, a theoretical physicist from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Leuven in Belgium. It's currently being reviewed by an undisclosed science journal, but for now it's sitting at the arXiv inÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking have issued some terrifying predictions about the future of artificial intelligence. Musk has said AI is more dangerous than North Korea. He's also warned it is "fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization." Hawking hasÃâà...
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