Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking is the considered the greatest physicist after Einstein. He was born in England in 1942. He was very good skilled Mathematics from the early age. He was wrote the book “A Brief History Of Time From The Big Bang To The Present Times” in 1998. In this book he explains cosmology for the general public. It become famous and established his reputation as a great scientist. He received his PH.D in cosmology from Cambridge University in 1968. But he fortune did not devour him. In 1972, he become a victim of Gehrig's diseases. Since then, he has been confined to a wheel-chair with no power to control his body. But he continuous teaching through the help of a computer. In 1974, he won the prestigious Albert Einstein award for theoretical physics. In 1979, he joined Cambridge University as Lucian Professor of Mathematics. He is still carrying out his research work using his computer.