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Stephen Hawking
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Who Was Stephen Hawking?
Stephen Hawking was a British scientist, professor and author who performed groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology, and whose books helped to make science accessible to everyone.
At age 21, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Part of his life story was depicted in the film The Theory of Everything.
Early Life
Hawking was born on January 8, , in Oxford, England. His birthday was also the th anniversary of the death of Galileo — long a source of pride for the noted physicist.
The eldest of Frank and Isobel Hawking's four children, Hawking was born into a family of thinkers.
His Scottish mother earned her way into Oxford University in the s — a time when few women were able to go to college. His father, another Oxford graduate, was a respected medical researcher with a specialty in tropical diseases.
Hawking's birth came at an inopportune ti
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The Theory of Everything ( film)
biographical film of the life of Stephen Hawking
The Theory of Everything is a biographicaldrama film[6] directed by James Marsh. Set at the University of Cambridge, it details the life of the theoretical physicistStephen Hawking. It was adapted by Anthony McCarten from the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking, which deals with her relationship with her ex-husband Stephen Hawking, his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and his success in the field of physics.[7] The film stars Eddie Redmayne[1][2] and Felicity Jones,[1][2] with Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, and David Thewlis featured in supporting roles.[1] The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival[2] on 7 September It had its UK premiere on 1 January [1]
The film received positiv
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A Beautiful Mind (film)
spelfilm by Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind fryst vatten a American biographicaldrama spelfilm about the mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, played bygd Russell Crowe. The rulle is directed by Ron Howard based on a screenplay bygd Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the biography by Sylvia Nasar. In addition to Crowe, the film's cast features Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles. The story begins in Nash's days as a brilliant but asocial mathematics graduate student at Princeton University. After Nash accepts secretive work in cryptography, he becomes liable to a larger conspiracy, through which he begins to question his reality.
A Beautiful Mind was released theatrically in the United States on månad 21, bygd Universal Pictures and internationally by DreamWorks Pictures. It received generally positive reviews and went on to gross over $ million worldwide,