Stephen Hawking
/ˌstiːvn ˈhɔːkɪŋ/
/ˌstiːvn ˈhɔːkɪŋ/
- (1942-2018) a British scientist working in theoretical physics who significantly influenced people's ideas on the origins of the universe. His books on the subject, A Brief History of Time (1988) and The Universe in a Nutshell (2001), have sold millions of copies. He developed motor neurone disease (= a serious disease that affects the muscles and nervous system), which limited his ability to move and speak, so he communicated by means of a special computer that ‘spoke’ for him.“Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.”
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Stephen Hawking