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
We've created life in our own image.
We explore because we are human.
Science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning.
I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution.
In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle.
More often than politicians, but not as often as they should.
Maybe my viriety is due to bad absorption of vitamins.
There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.
Nuclear weapons need large facilities, but genetic engineering can be done in a small lab. You can't regulate every lab in the world. The danger is that either by accident or design, we create a virus that destroys us.
My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.
A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.
One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.
Many people find the universe confusing - it's not.
Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'