'''Stephen Hawking''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] physicist and author. He was born on January 8, 1942.
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'''Stephen Hawking''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[physicist]] and [[author]]. He was born on January 8, 1942.
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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 Universes''.
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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 Universes]]''.
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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>
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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>
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Stephen Hawking combines his research with family life and acts to popularize science. He has appeared on [[The Simpsons]] and [[Star Trek|Star Trek: The Next Generation]] TV shows and contributed vocals through his speech synthesizer to the [[Pink Floyd]] album The Division Bell on the track Keep Talking.
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Stephen Hawking combines his research with family life and acts to popularize science. He has appeared on [[The Simpsons]] and [[Star Trek|Star Trek: The Next Generation]] [[TV]] shows and contributed vocals through his speech synthesizer to the [[Pink Floyd]] album [[The Division Bell]] on the track [[Keep Talking]].