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Birth
Born January 8, in Oxford, England on 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. -
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The amazing Steven Hawking
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The disease
Diagnosed with neurone disease soon after arriving at Cambridge University to do PHD in Cosmology. -
The theory
He calculates that black holes emit radiation and eventually evaporate and disappear. -
The Professor
He is appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a post he holds for 30 years. -
His book
He publishes the book "A Brief History of Time" which sells over ten million copies. -
The end
He dies, aged 76
