Stephen William Hawking
(born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific career spans over forty years. His books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity and he is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
He is suffering from motor neurone disease came when Hawking was 21, shortly before his first marriage, and doctors said he would not survive more than two or three years. Hawking gradually lost the use of his arms, legs, and voice, and as of now has been almost completely paralysed.
In Hawking's many media appearances, he appears to speak fluently through his synthesizer, but in reality, it is a tedious drawn-out process. Hawking's setup uses a predictive text entry system, which requires only the first few characters in order to auto-complete the word, but as he is only able to use his cheek for data entry, constructing complete sentences takes time.
Hawking's key scientific works to date have included providing, with Roger Penrose, theorems regarding gravitational singularities in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes should emit radiation, which is today known as Hawking radiation (or sometimes as Bekenstein–Hawking radiation).
He got the following awards and honours for his extraordinary research. You can imagine how much he would have contributed to this world If he was normal.
Awards and honours
* 1975 Eddington Medal
* 1976 Hughes Medal of the Royal Society
* 1979 Albert Einstein Medal
* 1981 Franklin Medal
* 1982 Order of the British Empire (Commander)
* 1985 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
* 1986 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
* 1988 Wolf Prize in Physics
* 1989 Prince of Asturias Awards in Concord
* 1989 Companion of Honour
* 1999 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society
* 2003 Michelson Morley Award of Case Western Reserve University
* 2006 Copley Medal of the Royal Society
* 2008 Fonseca Price of the University of Santiago de Compostela
* 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the US
A person who lost the use of his arms, legs, and voice has contributed and done research with lot of determination, Now this is time to think about ourselves.
Hats Off to Stephen Hawking !
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Really this guy is amazing. Really source of inspiration for future generations.Infact for the whole mankind he is the inspiration. Thanks for posting glimpses of his brilliance.
ReplyDeletea revolutionary character inspiring the statement "making impossible possible"
ReplyDeleteYou have given a nice brief information about him which mentions his inabilities and yet his success. Truly amazing that he won such outstanding awards despite his inabilities.