Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking Show Notes Born on 08 January 1942. 300 years after the death of Galileo Discussed a lot of dense material at home Went to Oxford Pressured to go into medicine but had a compromise with his father to go into natural sciences 1000 hours of work so about an hour a day due to the culture at Oxford Started to get sick during final year at Oxford Fell down a full flight of stairs in his dorm and experienced some limited memory lost Graduated with honors Left Oxford for a Ph.D. a Cambridge at 20 Two competing theories constant or big bang theory Movements becoming erratic and kept a secret from the family Parents noticed over Christmas and he was later diagnosed with ALS Given three years to live and started listening to a lot of Wagner Met Jane Wilde Started working hard for the first time in his life Helped pull him out of his depression Worked on applying the concept of a singularity from a black hole to the whole universe Graduated a got a fellowship that allowed him to get married Married Jane Was able to finish is thesis with Jane typing up the whole thing Had two children Robert and Lucy two years apart Becoming increasing reliant on Jane and his students “trapped inside my own body” Hawking radiation Some partials can escape black holes which defied known physical laws Would listening to extremely loud Wager while contemplating ideas If black holes radiate energy eventually they can dissipate The lecture host stood up and told him that was preposterous California Institute of Technology Great opportunity Increasingly large pressure on Jane Students lived with the Hawking family to help Stephen After a year he lost the use of his hands Reluctant to accept nursing A Brief History of Time Begin writing a book about the beginning of the universe While on vacation in Switzerland came down with pneumonia and was put on life support The tracheotomy prevented him from being able to speak Created a change when he was brought home and nurses came into the home System called equalizer developed in California Words+ After months finally able to finish the book Became best seller worldwide for four years over 10 million copies sold Made a cameo appearance on star trek Divorced in 1995 after the strain of the success Married Elaine Mason former nurse reports of domestic abuse by his wife, Hawking claimed to be false. Always wanted to go to space and got to experience a zero-gravity flight Speaker at Paralympic games “We are all different there is no standard or run of the mill person. But we share the same human spirit. So let us all celebrate excellence, friendship, and respect.” Take always We should go to space, to survive and to be active components in the universe, avoid being “cosmic couch potatoes enjoying the universe from the comfort of our own planet” Adversity is not the end Avoid underestimating people Humor is a powerful tool to combat misfortune. Sources: Stephen Hawking A Personal Journey PBS published Jun 11, 2014 “Why Exploring Space Matters” Stephen Hawking’s TEDx Talk 14 July 2016 “Questioning the Universe” Stephen Hawking’s TED Talk 4 April 2018 http://www.hawking.org.uk/about-stephen.html Stephen Hawking's Autobiography My Brief History