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Stephen Hawking is an English physicist and author. He was born on January 8, 1942.

Stephen Hawking is an English physicist and author. He was born on January 8, 1942 in [[Melchester]].

Despite suffering from Motor Neuron Disease for most of his adult life he has written books popularizing science. His most famous books are 'A Brief History of Time' and 'Black Holes and Baby Universies'.

Despite suffering from Motor Neurone Disease for most of his adult life he has written books popularizing science. His most famous books are 'A Brief History of Time' and 'Black Holes and Baby Universies'.

Hawking is credited with the development, although not in the origin, of the [[Big Bang]] Theory of the creation of the universe. Since 1979 he has been the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a post once held by [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Paul Dirac]].<ref>[http://www.hawking.org.uk Stephen W. Hawking's webpages]</ref>

Hawking is credited with the development, although not in the origin, of the [[Big Bang]] Theory of the creation of the universe. Since 1979 he has been the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a post once held by [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Paul Dirac]].<ref>[http://www.hawking.org.uk Stephen W. Hawking's webpages]</ref>