Stephen Hawking

In Their Own Words

“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

— Stephen Hawking

Areas of Expertise

Key Achievements

• Made groundbreaking discoveries about black holes and the nature of the universe
• Wrote A Brief History of Time — sold over 25 million copies
• Continued his work for decades after being diagnosed with ALS at 21
• Held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge — same chair as Isaac Newton

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