Theoretical physicist, Cosmologist; Suffers from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); Was given 3 months to live when diagnosed with ALS in 1963 but still breathing at the age of 74;
Theoretical physicist, Cosmologist
Suffers from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
Was given 3 months to live when diagnosed with ALS in 1963 but still breathing at the age of 74
Whole body is paralysed from the disease
Communicates through a cheek muscle attached to a speech generating device
Postulated that black holes emit radiation, named it Hawking radiation
Framed gravitational singularity theorem with Roger Penrose