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Stephen Hawking Makes Pioneering Discoveries in Gravitational Field Theory

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Stephen Hawking Makes Pioneering Discoveries in Gravitational Field Theory Overview Black holes, formed by stars that have collapsed under their own weight, are perhaps the strangest physical objects ... Read more

Stephen William Hawking

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Stephen William Hawking 1942- English Theoretical Physicist Stephen Hawking is arguably the most famous scientist of the second half of the twentieth century. His work on black holes, his best-selling... Read more

Hawking, Stephen (1942- )

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Hawking, Stephen (1942- ) English physicist Stephen Hawking has been called the most insightful theoretical physicist since Albert Einstein. His work concentrates on the puzzling cosmic bodies called ... Read more

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Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking has been called the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Albert Einstein . His work concentrates on the puzzling cosmic bodies called black holes and extends to such specialized ... Read more

Stephen William Hawking

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The theories of British physicist and mathematician Stephen William Hawking (born 1942) placed him in the great tradition of Newton and Einstein. Hawking made fundamental contributions to the science ... Read more

Stephen William Hawking

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Born on January 8, 1942, three hundred years after the birth of Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking is continuously attempting to synthesize physics as effectively as Newton explained mechanics.Hawking atte... Read more