Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942) is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and in 2009 was awarded 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 for 30 years, taking up the post in 1979 and retiring on 1 October 2009. He is now Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and a Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes. He has also achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; these include the runaway best seller A Brief History of Time, which stayed on the British Sunday Times bestsellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking's key scientific works to date have included providing, with Roger Penrose, theorems regarding gravitational singularities in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes should emit radiation, which is today known as Hawking radiation (or sometimes as Bekenstein–Hawking radiation). Hawking has a motor neurone disease that is related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a condition that has progressed over the years and has left him almost completely paralysed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Hawking, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Series | Territorio Gravedad | Stephen Hawking | 2023-02-20 |
Movie | Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know | Self | 2020-03-18 |
Series | Einstein and Hawking: Masters of Our Universe | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-04 |
Movie | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time | Narrator (archive sound) | 2019-03-20 |
Movie | Why Are We Creative?: The Centipede's Dilemma | Self | 2018-09-07 |
Movie | The Search for a New Earth | Himself | 2017-09-11 |
Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
Movie | Anyone Can Quantum | Himself | 2016-01-27 |
Movie | The University | Himself | 2016-10-22 |
Movie | Quantum Is Calling | Himself | 2016-12-12 |
Movie | The Entire Universe | Participant | 2016-12-26 |
Movie | Monty Python Live (Mostly) | Self | 2014-07-20 |
Movie | Monty Python: The Meaning of Live | Self | 2014-11-13 |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self | 2013-11-19 |
Movie | The Unbelievers | Self | 2013-12-13 |
Movie | London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony | Self | 2012-08-29 |
Movie | The Universe: God and the Universe | Self - Co-Author, 'The Grand Design' | 2011-01-03 |
Movie | When Aliens Attack | Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage) | 2011-09-12 |
Movie | Surviving Progress | Self | 2011-11-04 |
Series | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | Self - Host | 2011-10-17 |
Series | Genius of Britain | Presenter | 2010-05-30 |
Movie | Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything | Himself | 2009-03-24 |
Movie | Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs | Stephen Hawking (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
Movie | The 11th Hour | Self | 2007-08-17 |
Series | Masters of Science Fiction | Self - Host | 2007-08-04 |
Movie | Last Days on Earth | Self | 2006-08-30 |
Movie | Alien Planet | Self | 2005-05-14 |
Movie | Red Dwarf A-Z | Self | 2003-02-10 |
Series | Stephen Hawking's Universe | 1997-08-31 | |
Movie | Equinox: Black Holes | 1997-11-04 | |
Movie | The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek | Himself | 1995-01-18 |
Movie | Fractals: The Colors of Infinity | Self | 1995-11-17 |
Movie | A Brief History of Time | Self | 1991-10-01 |
Movie | God, the Universe and Everything Else | Self | 1988-01-01 |