Editorial use only. This image may not be used to state or imply endorsement by CERN of any product, activity or service Stephen William Hawking (1942
Editorial use only. This image may not be used to state or imply endorsement by CERN of any product, activity or service Stephen William Hawking (1942-2018), British physicist and cosmologist, lecturing at CERN in 2009. CERN is the European particle physics laboratory, where experiments are carried out that help advance knowledge in areas such as quantum physics and cosmology. Hawking's lecture was titled 'The Creation of the Universe'. Hawking is famous for his work on cosmology, quantum gravity and black holes. He is confined to a wheelchair due to the condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge from 1979 to 2009. In 2007, he founded the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge where he was Director of Research. Photographed on 9 September 2009.
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