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发信人: tnt (TNT), 信区: Physics
标 题: Stephen Hawking
发信站: 空间科学BBS站 . Thu Mar 27 07:15:34 1997
Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after
the
death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north
London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer
place
to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a
town
about 20 miles north of London. At eleven Stephen went to St Albans
School,
and then on to University College, Oxford, his father's old college.
Stephen
wanted to do Mathematics, although his father would have preferred
medicine.
Mathematics was not available at University College, so he did Physics
instead. After three years and not very much work he was awarded a
first
class honours degree in Natural Science.
Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology, there
being
no-one working in that area in Oxford at the time. His supervisor was
Denis
Sciama, although he had hoped to get Fred Hoyle who was working in
Cambridge. After gaining his Ph.D. he became first a Research Fellow,
and
later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After
leaving
the Institute of Astronomy in 1973 Stephen came to the Department of
Applied
Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and since 1979 has held the post
of
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. The chair was founded in 1663 with
money
left in the will of the Reverend Henry Lucas, who had been the Member
of
Parliament for the University. It was first held by Isaac Barrow, and
then
in 1663 by Isaac Newton.
Stephen Hawking is perhaps best known for his discovery, in 1974, that
black
holes emit radiation, and for his no boundary proposal made in 1983 with
Jim
Hartle of Santa Barbara.
His many publications include The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime
with G
F R Ellis, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey, with W
Israel,
and 300 Years of Gravity, with W Israel. Stephen Hawking has two
popular
books published; his best seller A Brief History of Time, and his
later
book, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays.
Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in
1982,
and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of
many
awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a
Member
of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Stephen Hawking continues to combine family life (he has three
children),
and his research into theoretical physics together with an extensive
programme of travel and public lectures.
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