Stephen Hawking

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Stephen Hawking born?January 8, 1942
2. When did Stephen Hawking die?March 14, 2018 (age 76)
3. Where was Stephen Hawking born?Oxford, England
4. What is the career?Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and professor
5. Who was Stephen Hawking?Stephen Hawking was a brilliant scientist from England who studied the universe and helped us understand black holes and the Big Bang.
6. Why did Stephen Hawking use a cheek muscle sensor to talk?Because his muscles were very weak, he used a small sensor that detected tiny cheek movements to control a computer that spoke for him.

General Relativity: Einstein's theory describing gravity as the curvature of spacetime caused by mass and energy.
Quantum Mechanics: The fundamental theory in physics describing nature at the smallest scales of energy and matter.
Cosmic Inflation: A theory proposing a period of extremely rapid expansion of the universe shortly after the Big Bang.
Quantum Gravity: A theoretical framework that aims to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics.