1. Stephen William Hawking
By Jessica smith

2. Background Born: Jan 08, 1942 (age 74) Born in Oxford, England
Education: California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College, Oxford University
Spouse: Jane Wilde ( ) Elaine Mason ( )
Had 3 kids: Robert, Lucy, and Timothy

3. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Medical Definition: “a rare fatal progressive degenerative disease that affects motor neurons, usually begins in middle age, and is characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness”
Symptoms of ALS
Hard to walk
Weakness in hands and legs
Trouble talking
Difficult to sit up straight
At age 21 he was diagnosed
Doctors said he only had two and a half years left
He was in a wheel chair by 1969
He lost his voice in 1985

4. HOW HE BECAME FAMOUS
Learned things really quickly about theoretical cosmology he knew more than his own college teacher
Even with ALS he was able to accomplish a lot
He made very important discoveries in theoretical cosmology
He got awarded the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics which was held by Isaac Newton
He wrote multiple books, one called “A Brief History of Time”

5. HIS Impact on others
He applied Einstein's theory of gravity to the universe and came up with the big bang that supposedly created earth and everything around us
He impacted science by figuring out how black holes work
He had a theory that black hole would eventually vanish
Stephen said if a black hole was as big as our sun that it would take longer than the age of our universe

6. Decisions/lessons
Had the worst grades in 9th grade class then had average grades so when he wanted to got to oxford he did have a scholarship and he didn’t have enough money
His first year in Oxford he had no friend so he joined the rowing team
When he joined the rowing team it took away from his studying
When diagnosed he saw a boy dying of leukemia and started to become more optimistic about life because he knew there was worse

7. quotes
“I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

8. Facts
In 1974 he became a part in the Royal Society and was the youngest (32)
For four years A Brief History of Time was a best-seller
When he was 67 he left his position as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
He had a movie made about him called “The Theory of Everything”