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 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a post once held by [[Isaac Newton]].<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 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a post once held by [[Isaac Newton]].<ref>[http://www.hawking.org.uk Stephen W. Hawking's webpages]</ref> |