Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

(1942–2018) cosmologist United Kingdom

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[Wikidata] British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)... | [Wikipedia] Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of th

About Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.

Known for:

A Brief History of Time|Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays|The Universe in a Nutshell|On the Shoulders of Giants|God Created the Integers|My Brief History|The Dreams That Stuff Is Made of: The Most Astounding Papers of Quantum Physics and How They Shook the Scientific World

Notable works:

A Brief History of Time

Awards:

Royal Society Science Books Prize|Order of the British Empire|Presidential Medal of Freedom|Albert Einstein Medal|Copley Medal|Princess of Asturias Awards|Adams Prize|Albert Einstein Award|Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society|Hughes Medal|Wolf Prize in Physics|Eddington Medal|Order of the Companions of Honour|Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics|IOP Dirac Medal|Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics|Naylor Prize and Lectureship|Lilienfeld Prize|Maxwell Medal and Prize|Oskar Klein Medal|Marcel Grossmann Award|Andrew Gemant Award|Franklin Medal|Princess of Asturias Award for Concord|Pius XI Medal|NSS Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award|Albert Medal|Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts|Bodley Medal|Fonseca Prize|Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council|BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award|Michelson–Morley Award|Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Fellow of the Royal Society|Companion of Honour|The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal|honorary doctor of Harvard University|honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge|Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford|honorary doctorate from Princeton University|Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics|Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States

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