Stephen+Hawking

[|**Stephen Hawking**] Stephan William Hawking born on the 8th of January 1942. He was a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, a position previously held by Einstein. He was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the age of 21 and given 2 and a half years to live. Realizing there was so much to do left in life he decided that he was not yet ready to die. On will power alone, he survived and had a voice implant so that he may keep talking. Although he still lives his nerves don’t work forcing him into a wheelchair. He is the author of: //A Brief History of Time//, which was an international bestseller. He also wrote a few other books including //A Briefer History of Time//, //The Universe in a nutshell// and //Black Holes and Baby Universes.//