Stephen Hawking

He was born on January 8, 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo Galilei), in Oxford, England.  Is a British theoretical physicist and author.  At eleven Stephen went to StAlbans School, and then on to University College, Oxford.
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Stephen wanted to do Mathematics, although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was notavailable at University College, so he did Physics instead.

When he turned 20, he noticed that he was getting clumsy. Doctors soon diagnosed him with Sclerosis. He is wheelchairbound, but his mind functions perfectly. Professor Hawking's positive attitude does not let his disability get in the way of his achievement.  In 1965, his marriage to Jane Wilde
With Roger Penrose, he showed that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes.  These resultsindicated it was necessary to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory.
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Another conjecture is that the universe has no edge or boundary in imaginary time.  This wouldimply that the way the universe began was completely determined by the laws of science.  Stephen Hawking has many popular books published; Holes, Baby Universes and The Universe in aNutshell.
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AWARDS AND PRIZES
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In 1975, he was awarded Eddington Medal 1976 Hughes Medal of the Royal Society In 1979, he was awarded Albert Einstein MedalIn 1981, he was awarded Franklin Medal 1982 Commander of the Order of the British Empire In 1985, he was awarded Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

2006 Copley Medalof the Royal Society  2008 Fonseca Prize of the University of Santiago de Compostela  2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States.
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