The Unknown Side of 'Stephen Hawking'

The Unknown Side of 'Stephen Hawking'

Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of astronomer Galileo Galilei. Although this wasn't a man who believed in predestination. He was born in Oxford, England on January 8 1942 to well-educated parents. Isabel Eileen hawking earned her way to the University of Oxford at a Time when few women got a degree she studied economics philosophy and politics and later worked as a medical research secretary Frank Hawking also went to Oxford and studied medicine specializing in tropical diseases Frank's research took down to London but when Isabel became pregnant with Stephen she left the capital for Oxford to seek a safe place London was still reeling from the aftermath of the blitz in 1941. After the birth of Steven two sisters followed Philippa and Mary as an adopted brother Edward. Stephen began his education at the high gate. A suburb of London at the Byron House School. A very progressive school. Talking to the teachers didn't believe Even drilling things into the students. Many blame this on his inability to read until he was 8 years old. When he was eight, the family moved north of London to Saint Alban's. Her for sure. Frank became head of the Department of Parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research. He wanted Steven to go into medicine as well but his son was already enamored by The stars and spent much of his time looking at the sky and beyond the hawkings were eccentric instead of chatting while having dinner they each set silently reading a book Stephen family placed a high value on education When he was 13 his father wanted him to get into the highly regarded Westminster school immediately next to Westminster Abby but Steven fell ill and didn't sit for a scholarship exam without it they couldn't afford the school fees and perhaps that was a good thing it was actually all been that he met an inspirational teacher Mathematics together they build hawking's first computer from old clock parts and a telephone switch forward hawking would say behind every exceptional person there is an exceptional teacher he originally wanted to study mathematics at university but its fun Was worried that there weren't many jobs for math grads. Stephen would win a scholarship to study physics at Oxford. For his first 18 months as a university student, he was bored and found the work ridiculously easy. He was also lonely and didn't have much social life. That changed when he decided to join his college's book club. His loud voice is lightweight. Meet in the perfect cocktail. The person in charge of the boat. A fellow boatman remarked that he often seemed like he had his head in the stars. Working out the mathematics for me. But he didn't put a lot of effort into his studies. He said he spent only an hour a day on average working during his entire time at Oxford. That made exams difficult and it nearly Jeopardized the first-class degree would you need it to get admitted to the University of Cambridge for postgraduate studies his results were on the border between first and second class honors so we have to take an oral exam he was asked to describe his plan he responded if you award me a first I will go to Cambridge if I receive a second I shall stay in Oxford so I expect you will give me a first talking received a first-class bachelor's degree in physics in 1962 and began grad work at Cambridge in Cosmology the study of the universe he was disappointed to find he had been assigned physicist Dennis Siema as a supervisor rather than the more famous astronomer Fred Hoyle. However, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Foil was rarely at the department while PMO was always eager to talk which helped stimulate Hawking's own scientific vision. Who was also not a fan of the Big Bang Theory? The theory is that the universe had begun when it exploded with unimaginable force. He was the one who coined the term Big Bang. As a way to poke fun at the theory. On the other hand, Pima was happy for Hawking to investigate the beginning of time but before he could delve deeply into his research. He received devastating news. He noticed the kid was getting increasingly clumsy during his time at Oxford. He fell down some stairs and the only suggestion the doctor had was that he lay up The beer. However, in 1963, while at Cambridge talking with diagnosed with a motor neuron disease called aMyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Or ALS, which gradually paralyzes a person. As the brain can no longer control the muscles. Doctors gave him 2 years to live. He was just 21 years old. Talking became deeply depressing. He felt there was no point in continuing his studies. He wrote in his memoir, my brief history, that I felt he was very unfair. Why should this happen to me? At the time I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the potential I felt I had. How Ever. The disease progressed slower than expected. FMA encouraged talking to return to his research. Hawking's greatest work. Revolutionized how we think about black holes. A perfectly circular region of space that's formed when it starts lapsing at the end of its life cycle. Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. Had predicted black holes. The theory explains how gravity distorts space time the gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that nothing can escape it not even light and it works the surroundings like a carnival mirror I'm done was an entirely convinced that these mysterious monsters existed the work of British mathematician sir Roger Penrose proved general relative Really does lead to the formation of black holes and for that you wanna know about prize in 2020 hawking became obsessed with black holes and made a number of important discoveries about them including that they're not entirely black he discovered that they emit light just outside the event horizon which is the boundary between normal space and the space Affected by the black horse gravity we're nothing can escape can you believe the slow leak of what's now known as talking radiation would cause a black hole to evaporate over time he had a knack for making beds to that black holes too Thought that was nonsense and believe that this information would be recovered through the radiation this puzzle remains unresolved but hawking conceded the bed and as a concession gift gave press school in a cyclopedia of his choice one on baseball Originate. It also began in a similarity adding credit to the Big Bang Theory that the university began at a single point. In time but that doesn't mean he believed there was a creator behind it. He wrote because there is a law such as gravity. The universe can and will create cells from nothing. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going. Blue touch paper is a reference to fireworks. The father of the big bang series is Lamenta. Had a different outlook. He felt the law of gravity was created by a creator. I talked about his life in a previous video which I'll link in the description. Talking was known to muse about god's existence. Once told Reuters the laws may have been decreed by God but God does not intervene to break the law. However, in the end, he was an Atheist although he did fall in love with a Christian Stephen met Jane Wild at a party in her hometown of Saint Albans he a physic student at Cambridge she an English student at the University of London they met around the time of a health prognosis talking said Jane gave him something to live for they got married in 1960 And though they didn't have a lot of time together turns out they would be married for 30 years and have three children Jane said she thought strength from her faith as Stephen illnesses and she became a caregiver feeding him dressing him bathing him being by his side through his many hospitals Visit. But you also once said their marriage was strained for another reason. She remarked the truth was there were four of us in our marriage. Stephen and I have motor neuron disease. In physics. She felt shut out of his scientific world. Where his work didn't slow down. Despite his physical decline. When he loses his ability to write You develop unique ways of thinking. He had to rely on doing complicated equations in his head. A physicist compared this to composing an entire symphony in his mind. Although the cruel disease robbed him of his ability to move and flurried his speech, his intellect remained sharp. He was elected to the Royal Society, the UK's National Science Academy at the age of 32, and in 1979 he rose to become the professor of mathematics at Cambridge, the most famous academic chair in the world when held by his Isaac Newton More natural-sounding voice later on because this had already become his trademark. He didn't actually lose his ability to speak entirely until 1985. When he caught pneumonia while on a trip to a research center in Switzerland he was so ill he had to be put on life support. When doctors asked his wife if they should remove his ventilator Jane Refused. They had to cut a hole in his neck and place a tube in his windpipe to help him breathe. The tricky ostomy removed what was left of his speech. In order to communicate, he chose letters on a spelling card by raising his eyebrows. Later, he received a computer program from American Engineer Walter Waltos whose mother suffered from ALS. Could choose words from the database with a click but then he lost control of his hand and had to resort to twitching his cheek muscle to select the letters. This was painfully slow and you could only manage a word or two a minute. So, he reached out to intel for help. Researchers worked on a state-of-the-art system that would interpret his intentions. Kinda like the Predictive text feature in teleworks with London startup swift key on a word predictor which analyzes talking papers to get a better idea of his writing habits. For example, when he selected the word black, it automatically predicted that the whole would follow. It was thanks to technology that hockey could put his groundbreaking research into book form. He published Best known work in 1988 a brief history of time sold 1 million copies in just the first year remarkable for a book about science although many readers didn't finish it it was very done even after hawking omitted all equations except one in order to appeal to the masses he only left in Einstein iconic Equals MC squared. Hockey was already well known before the books were released but became a celebrity afterward. He appeared on the Simpsons, the Big Bang Theory, and Star Trek. He became a cult-like figure who also had a mischievous streak. He was rumored to use his wheelchair. She run over the toes of people who annoyed him. Prince Charles was Currently a victim. His fame also put both his professional and personal life in the spotlight for one of the nurses who cared for him. Elaine Mason, Mason's husband, was the engineer who attached a speech synthesizer to his wheelchair. How can steadily grow more and more unhappy? At the relationship between Jane and Jonathan. Jones is organized at the local church who actually moved in with the hawkings when Stephen was expected to die young and Jane wanted someone who could support the children. Jane, Mary, Jonathan, after Steven married Elaine in 1995 his second marriage caused friction with his children. They too would divorce. After a decade In hockey later resumed a closer relationship with his first wife and his children during an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC news. He talked about the most important advice he gave his kids. He said one remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet give you meaning. On purpose. Life is empty without it. Three. If you are lucky enough to find love. Remember it is rare and doesn't throw it away. And he once shared this advice. With the world. And however difficult life may seem. There is always something you can do. And succeed at matters that you don't just give up. He put it in another more humorous way once at the University of Oxford. Don't give up. After 50 years of living with ALS. He passed away peacefully at his home. On March 14 2018 at the age of 76. His funeral took place at a church in Cambridge guests concluded the actors from the film about his life the series of everything the movie's title is a reference to a single theory that Hawking hopes to find to have a complete understanding of the universe one theory to explain how it all worked it's one of the major unsolved problems in Today. Despite all that yet accomplished, there were things he dreamed of doing but never did. He never got the chance to fly to space. Although he did travel aboard oh gravities Boeing 727. Duke experienced weightlessness. He was a strong advocate of space travel in living on other planets. Nuclear war climate change epidemic asteroids in the rise of artificial intelligence were buried in Westminster Abbey not far from the graves of two other famous scientists Newton and Charles Darwin while he didn't believe in predestination the brilliant scientist who was born on the day through Isaac Newton died on the day Albert Einstein was born in. Thank you for reading & Please share.