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Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. He was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is best known for his work on black holes and the Big Bang. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 21, and was given only a few years to live. However, he defied the odds and lived for over 50 years with the disease. Hawking wrote several best-selling books about his work, including "A Brief History of Time." He died on March 14, 2018, at the age of 76.

Here are some of his most notable achievements:

* Developed a theory of black hole evaporation
* Proposed the Big Bang singularity theorems
* Wrote the best-selling book "A Brief History of Time"
* Was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
* Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama

Hawking was a brilliant physicist and a popularizer of science. He inspired millions of people around the world with his courage and determination in the face of adversity.

I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street

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Life

Stephen Hawking

I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.

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Life

Stephen Hawking

So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?

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Science

Stephen Hawking

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

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Science

Stephen Hawking

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

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Inspirational

Stephen Hawking

The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.

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Humor

Stephen Hawking

There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.