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>
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 Bellon the track Keep Talking.
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