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Born
Stephen Hawking was born on January 8 th 1942 in Oxford. He has two younger sisters, Philippa and Mary, and an adopted brother, Edward. -
Graduation
He received his degree in Oxford in 1962 and he obtained his doctorate in physics at Cambridge in 1966. -
rare early-onset
Hawking has a rare early-onset, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that has gradually paralysed him over the decades. -
Married
He married to Jane Wilde Hawking in 1966. They have three soon. They were married until 1990.The couple separated in1990, the scientist went to live with Elaine Mason and five years later they married. -
Theory of relativity
Stephen Hawking suggested the formation, after the big bang, of numerous objects called "mini black holes" in 1971. His studies of black mini-guides would lead him to combine for the first time the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. -
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY
Hawking was one of the youngest members of the Royal Society in 1974. Is the oldest scientific society in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest in Europe. -
NEW THEORY
He proposed his new theory about black holes, a term usually applied to the remains of stars that suffered a gravitational collapse after exhausting all its nuclear fuel around the year 2004.
