nPostednon January 8, 2016
n
n
n
n
n
nStephennHawking is the most famous living physicist today. Actually, somenclaim he is the most famous living scientist!
n
n
n
n
n
nHenhas a brilliant mind, and he has contributed to our understanding ofngravity, general relativity, black holes, and quantum mechanics.
n
n
n
n
n
nHenhas famously battled amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which hasngradually paralyzed his body and required the use of a wheelchair andnan electronic voice.
n
n
n
n
n
n
Henhas appeared on Star Trek, The Big Bang Theory, andnFuturama, and he has grantednthe use of his recognizable (and copyrighted!) synthesized voice forna Pink Floyd song, an episode of The Simpsons,nand a major motion picture about Hawking’s life!
Henhas appeared on Star Trek, The Big Bang Theory, andnFuturama, and he has grantednthe use of his recognizable (and copyrighted!) synthesized voice forna Pink Floyd song, an episode of The Simpsons,nand a major motion picture about Hawking’s life!
(By the way,nHawking’s synthesized voice is American, despite the fact thatnHawking is British.)
n
n
n
 |
| Hawking was free of his wheelchair– and gravity!–briefly, on the “Vomit Comet.” |
n
nHawkingnhas won tons of honors from the scientific community but also fromnsuch non-science sources as the British Royal Society of Arts, thenPresidential Medal of Freedom from the United States, and the Princenof Asturias Award from Spain. His book A Brief History ofnTime was on the best-seller listnfor a record-breaking 237 weeks in Britain. (Compute that – it wasnon the best-seller list for more than FOUR and a HALF YEARS!)
n
n
n
nHawking has been married twice and has had three kids, now grown.
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nToncelebrate Hawking’s birthday (he was born on this date in 1942),ncheck out some of the great moments of what I like to call StephennHawking TV:
n
n
n
n
n
- n
-
n
-
nHawkingn by BBC
n
n
n
n
- n
-
n
n
n
- n
-
n
n
n
nEvennbetter, read one of his books!
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n n
n
n
n
n
n
nAlsonon this date:
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nCommonwealthnDay in the Northern Marianas
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nAnniversarynof the death of Galileo
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nElvisnPresley’s birthday
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nnn
n
n
n
n
nBubblenBath Day
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nArgyle Day
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nPlannahead:
n
n
n
n
n
nChecknout my Pinterest pages on:
n
- n
-
n
-
nJanuaryn birthdays
n
-
n
n
n
n
n
nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
n
- n
-
n
-
n
-
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
