Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSAis an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth8 January 1942
CityOxford, England
I'm never any good in the morning. It is only after four in the afternoon that I get going.
There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains.
It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal.
Only black holes of very low mass would emit a significant amount of radiation.
The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.
If I had a time machine, I'd visit Marilyn Monroe in her prime or drop in on Galileo as he turned his telescope to the heavens.
It's a pity that nobody has found an exploding black hole. If they had, I would have won a Nobel prize.
Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind.
I have wondered about time all my life.
Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field.
According to 'M' theory, ours is not the only universe. Instead, 'M' theory predicts that a great many universes were created out of nothing.
My work and my family are very important to me.
God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.