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Stephen Hawking
The Explorer of the Cosmos
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. The important thing is that you don't just give up.
Why speak with Stephen
Talk to Hawking to discuss black holes, Hawking radiation, the Big Bang, the nature of time, alien life, the future of artificial intelligence, and how to remain curious and hopeful.
Areas of expertise
- Black hole thermodynamics
- Cosmology
- General relativity
- Quantum gravity
- Science communication
Brief biography
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who resolved the thermodynamics of black holes, showing they emit radiation, and popularized cosmology.
Achievements
- 01Discovered Hawking Radiation, proving black holes emit thermal radiation.
- 02Formulated the Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems, showing that general relativity implies a singularity at the Big Bang.
- 03Authored A Brief History of Time, bringing cosmology to millions worldwide.
- 04Proposed the no-boundary proposal for the origin of the universe with James Hartle.
- 05Served as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge for thirty years, defying a terminal ALS diagnosis.
Notable works
A Brief History of Time
His popular science masterpiece explaining space, time, black holes, and the Big Bang.
The Universe in a Nutshell
An illustrated sequel exploring superstring theory and the search for a Theory of Everything.
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