VOLUME 2, Nº 10
DATE: JUNE 2017
Reach the Sky Bulletin STEPHEN WILLIAM HAWKING AND THE BLACK HOLES
Stephen was born on 8 January 1942. He is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. In his work, and in collaboration with Penrose, Hawking extended the singularity theorem concepts first explored in his doctoral thesis. His scientific works include the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Stephen was diagnosed with ALS, a form of Motor Neuron Disease. In spite of being wheelchair bound and dependent on a computerized voice system for communication Stephen Hawking continues to combine family life and his research into theoretical physics together with an extensive programs of travel and public lectures.
Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees. He was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honor in 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes, is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Last year, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking hinted at research he and a couple of colleagues were working on that could solve the infamous black hole information paradox, which states that information about matter that gets destroyed by a black hole, according to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, is supposed to be fundamentally conserved, according to our understanding of quantum mechanics. In the 1970s, Hawking proposed that the Universe is filled with 'virtual particles' that, according to what we know about how quantum mechanics works, blink in and out of existence and annihilate each other as soon as they come in contact - except if they happen to appear on either side of a black hole's event horizon. Hawking returned to Cambridge in 1975 to a more academically senior post, as reader in gravitational physics. Hawking was appointed a professor with a chair in gravitational physics in 1977. The following year he received the Albert Einstein Medal and an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford.
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Katja Strašek, Slovenia