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Value added lifeSTEPHEN WILLIAM HAWKING

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Value added lifeA famous person with disabilitySTEPHEN WILLIAM HAWKINGJanuary 8th 1942Oxford, London.

Disability

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (motor nerve disease), a kind of paralysis.

Childhood Stephen hawking born to an educated family. His parents Frank and Isobel hawking, both were graduated from Oxford university..Although at school he was known as Einstein, Hawking was not initially successful academically.Hawking together with his friends constructed a computer from recycled parts to do some mathematical calculations.

Overcoming disabilityAfter his diagnosis, Hawking fell into a depression. At the same time , however, his relationship with Jane Wildie ,friend of his sister continued to develop. The couple were engaged in october 1964. Hawking later said that the engagement gave him something to live for.Despite the diseases progression- Hawking had difficulty walking without support, and his speeech was almost unitelligible.He used the power chair which has a computer and speech synthsizer, and sensors to operate various home appliances. His remaining life is completely confined to chair on which he continued his research.

Inspirations Stephen hawking was inspired by Albert Einstein, so all his studies and researches were related to Einstein theories.

Achievements He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.Hawking has achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general ; his A Brief History of Time stayed on the British Sunday Times best - sellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.

Inspirational sayings

STEPHEN WILLIAM HAWKING