*Stephen William Hawking*, born 8 January 1942) is an English theoretical physicist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics>, cosmologist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmologist>, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Theoretical_Cosmology> within the University of Cambridge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge>.[14] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking#cite_note-Auto2J-2-14>[15] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking#cite_note-Auto2J-3-15> His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose> on gravitational singularity theorems <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose%E2%80%93Hawking_singularity_theorems> in the framework of general relativity <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity> and the theoretical prediction that black holes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole> emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation>. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology> explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics>. He is a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation> of quantum mechanics.
Hawking is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Arts> (FRSA), a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences>, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom>, the highest civilian award in the US. In 2002, Hawking was ranked number 25 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons>. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics> at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009 and has achieved commercial success with works of popular science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_science> in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; his book *A Brief History of Time <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time>* appeared on the British *Sunday Times <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Times>* best-seller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking has a rare early-onset, slow-progressing form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis> (ALS) that has gradually paralysed him over the decades.[18] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking#cite_note-18>[19] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking#cite_note-:0-19> He now communicates using a single cheek muscle attached to a speech-generating device <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech-generating_device>. About his life and works: http://ourcivilsociety.com/social-workers-luminaries-stephen-hawking/ The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in You should now post to the id: [email protected] Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
