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Stephen Hawking
English theoretical physicist (–)
Stephen William Hawking (8 January &#;– 14 March ) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.[6][17][18] Between and , he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.[19]
Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of physicians. In October , at the age of 17, he began his university education at University College, Oxford, where he received a first-classBA degree in physics. In October , he began his graduate work at Trinity ingångsrum , Cambridge, where, in March , he obtained his PhD in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specialising in general relativity and cosmology. In , at age 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form eller gestalt of motor neurone disease that gradu
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Lucy Hawking
English journalist and novelist (born )
Catherine Lucy Hawking[1] (born 2 November [2][3]) is an English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist. She is the daughter of the theoretical physicistStephen Hawking and writer Jane Wilde Hawking. She lives in London,[4] and is a children's novelist and science educator.
Early life and education
[edit]Hawking was born on 2 November to scientist Stephen Hawking and author Jane Wilde Hawking. She has two brothers, Robert and Timothy Hawking, and was raised in Cambridge after a few years spent in Pasadena, California, as a child. She attended the Stephen Perse Foundation. As a young adult, she was a carer for her father as his health declined due to motor neurone disease.[5]
Hawking studied French and Russian at the University of Oxford. During university, she spent time in Moscow to focus on her Russian studies. After completing her degree, she studied inte
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Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most famous scientists, died Tuesday at the age of The physicist was survived by his three children: Lucy, Robert and Timothy Hawking.
"He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years," his three children said in a statement, according to the Associated Press.
Few concrete details are available about Hawking's three children. Robert Hawking, his first child with Jane Hawking, was born in and is now a software engineer. He reportedly lives in the United States with his family.
Lucy Hawking, the physicist's only daughter and second child with Jane Hawking, is an author and journalist who has penned two adult novels and three science-based stories for children, according to her website. Lucy has worked with a number of notable scientists, including her father, on her books.
Lucy was made a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society "in recognition of the work she has done in explaining science to