Stephen Hawking

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(January 8, 1942)

Stephen was born into a family of 4 kids and his father was Dr. Frank Hawkings. He is a British Theoretical Physicist and an Applied Mathematician. His world renowned scientific career spans over 40 years.

In his early school years he wasn't the most exceptional student. Yet, his Math teacher was one who inspired him the most. He was so taken in by math that he wanted to go to university to study the subject, but his father didn't feel the same way. He wanted him to apply to Oxford university, where he had attended. So instead he applied to read natural science, where he had received a scholarship in. And once at University Collage he specialised in physics. Even though Stephen was passing, his unimpressive study habits resulted in a final exam score on the borderline between first and second class honours, making an oral exam necessary. He eventually got his BA degree and stayed to studying astronomy.

In 1960 he and his friends created a complex mathematical model that they created based on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. This lead to to Hawking proving the first of many singularity theorems. He also successfully supplied mathematical proof along with other people that that any black hole is fully described by the three properties, mass, angular momentum and electric charge. Not to mention he also claimed that the Big Bang formed mini black holes.

These are just some of the things that Stephen Hawkings had come across in his life time. There is plenty more to be said about him and his work and discoveries.