Stephen Hawking

1942–2018 · physics, cosmology, science communication

Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) was a British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. He made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of black holes, cosmology, and the nature of time through his work on gravitational singularity theorems and Hawking radiation. Despite being diagnosed with ALS, which left him almost completely paralyzed, he became a world-renowned science communicator through his bestselling book 'A Brief History of Time' and numerous public appearances.

Notable Works

• A Brief History of Time
• Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
• The Universe in a Nutshell
• The Grand Design
• My Brief History
• The Theory of Everything
• On the Shoulders of Giants
• God Created the Integers
• The Nature of Space and Time (with Roger Penrose)
• The No Boundary Proposal (with James Hartle)
• Hawking radiation paper (1974)
• The Cambridge Lectures: Life Works
• Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (TV series)
• Stephen Hawking's Genius (TV series)
• Numerous public lectures and interviews, including the Reith Lecture

Chat with Stephen Hawking on Feynman