Hawking's first book The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time written with George Ellis was published in 1973.
In 1974 Hawking showed that black holes emit radiation, known today as Hawking radiation, that may continue until they exhaust their energy and evaporate.
In 1979, Hawking was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, the most famous academic chair in the world.
In 1981 Hawking proposed that information in a black hole is irretrievably lost when a black hole evaporates.
In 1992, Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris released a documentary about Hawking's life, aptly titled A Brief History of Time.
In 2014, a movie based on Hawking's life was released. Called "The Theory of Everything," the film drew praise from Hawking, who said it made him reflect on his own life.