Inspiring facts about Stephen Hawking

• Inspiring facts about Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was a contemporary of Albert Einstein. Through the power of his mind, he discovered many secrets of the universe. The fact that he did not once helped push humanity forward - no doubt.

In spite of the debilitating disease, Hawking was also a prolific writer, a good speaker and social activist culture. He set a goal to make science accessible to everyone. Unfortunately, March 14, 2018, he died at the age of 76 years.

Ready to expand their view of one of the greatest geniuses of our time? Here are the facts about Stephen Hawking, you may not know:

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In his youth, he liked mathematics, but his father wanted him to study medicine. In the end, he studied physics at Oxford.

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Up to 8 years old, he really did not know how to read and admitted that he was quite a lazy student at Oxford.

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He was born in the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death, and died on the birthday of Albert Einstein.

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In 1963 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. With this diagnosis, he had to live no more than three years, but has lived for fifty more.

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He wanted to write a book on physics, which will be understood by anyone. And he wrote it with the help of a speech synthesizer and its students. As a result, in 1988 he published a book "A Brief History of Time."

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After the tracheotomy he lost his voice and needed round the clock care. Fortunately, in 1985, a programmer from California learned about his condition and made the computer, which helped him to speak with the help of movements of the head and eyes. ***

Hawking has been married twice. First wife bore him three children, but in 1990 they divorced. He left his wife for his nurse, Elaine Mason. However, in 2006, she filed for divorce.

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In order to prove that time travel is impossible, Stephen Hawking has organized a party for time travelers, and no one on it does not come, as required. He even sent out invitations after the holiday is over.

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His doctoral dissertation was titled "The properties of the expanding universe." Basically he was trying with the help of mathematical terms to explain how the universe could be created, starting with the Big Bang. When the thesis laid out the network site on which it placed, he collapsed.

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Hawking claimed that he was an atheist and did not believe in God, the kingdom of heaven and life after death. However, despite this, he said that he and the universe, and life still has some merit.

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He was not only known to scientists, but also appeared in several television shows such as Star Trek, The Simpsons and The Big Bang Theory.

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Hawking is very openly expressed his opinion about how there will be end of the world. He asserted that the world will destroy artificial intelligence, nuclear war, epidemics, climate change and overpopulation. In this regard, he was a great supporter of the search for a new planet to live.

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At the age of 65 years, Hawking went to space flight on the shuttle to experience the feeling of weightlessness. In weightlessness, he spent 4 minutes. ***

Is an equation, named in his honor: "Hawking's equation". This formula is a central element to our understanding of black holes. He said that he would like to see this formula engraved on his tombstone.

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In 1983, along with Jim Hartle they took the theory of the infinity of the universe. She claims that the universe has no boundaries, and there are an infinite number of universes.

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In 1997, he made a bet with a fellow physicist John Preskill that information is lost in the black holes. Preskill disagreed and argued that the information can be avoided. In 2004, Hawking admitted that he was wrong.

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In 1985, he caught pneumonia and almost died. Doctors suggested disconnected from life support machines, but his wife refused. Fortunately, he survived and recovered enough to finish the "Brief History of Time."

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In his piggy bank has a number of awards, including the prize named after Albert Einstein, the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society of London and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama.

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He is also the author of books for children. In collaboration with his daughter Lucy, he released a series of children's books. The first book was called "George's Secret Key to the Universe". Later, four more books were produced in this series.

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Although he did not believe in God, but I thought that there are other advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. However, he warned that if they ever decide to visit us, it may not be very good event for mankind. ***

Once he said that if mankind ever learn to use the power of the black hole, we will easily be able to saturate the entire earth energy system.

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He, like many other physicists (such as Neil deGrasse Tyson), he supported the theory of "multiverse". This theory suggests that we - just one of several parallel universes in space.

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Having obtained fundamental physics prize for his extensive work, he earned three million dollars.

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Estimated London Evening Standard British newspaper, equity Hawking was 6, 9 million dollars. Most of the income he received from the sale of his books.

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Undoubted genius level IQ modern nobody knows. In an interview with The New York Times once asked him about it and he replied: "I have no idea. losers brag about your IQ "only.