who was Stephen Hawking?

who was Stephen Hawking?


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1) physicist

2)astronaut

3)archaeologist

4)mathematician


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1) physicist



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Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

Known for   

    Hawking radiation
    Penrose–Hawking theorems
    Bekenstein–Hawking formula
    Hawking energy
    Gibbons–Hawking ansatz
    Gibbons–Hawking effect
    Gibbons–Hawking space
    Gibbons–Hawking–York boundary term
    Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet


Awards   

    Adams Prize (1966)
    Eddington Medal (1975)
    Maxwell Medal and Prize (1976)
    Heineman Prize (1976)
    Hughes Medal (1976)
    Albert Einstein Award (1978)
    RAS Gold Medal (1985)
    Dirac Medal (1987)
    Wolf Prize (1988)
    Prince of Asturias Award (1989)
    Andrew Gemant Award (1998)
    Naylor Prize and Lectureship (1999)
    Lilienfeld Prize (1999)
    Albert Medal (1999)
    Copley Medal (2006)
    Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
    Fundamental Physics Prize (2012)
    BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)