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Stephen Hawking
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Hawking's first book The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time written with George Ellis was published in 1973.
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In 1974 Hawking showed that black holes emit radiation, known today as Hawking radiation, that may continue until they exhaust their energy and evaporate.
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In 1979, Hawking was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, the most famous academic chair in the world.
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In 1981 Hawking proposed that information in a black hole is irretrievably lost when a black hole evaporates.
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In 1992, Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris released a documentary about Hawking's life, aptly titled A Brief History of Time.
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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.