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__**Stephen Hawking's Early History**__
Stephen Hawking was born on the 8th January, 1942 in Oxford, England (300 years after Galieo). Ever since he was young, he had always been interested in science. He liked building models and see how things worked. When he was 16, he made a computer with his friends. That was 2 decades before computers revolutionized our communication. When it was time to start to think about college, he wanted to study physics but his father wanted him to become a doctor like himself. Eventually, Stephen won the argument. He went to Cambridge and studied Cosmology. At the age of 20, Stephen was diagnosed with the incurable illness, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). This really affected him with his studies. He began to lose control of his muscles. He was told he would die within a few years. Stephen was shocked and very upset. He could not find a reason to live until he met his wife, Jane Wilde. His illness slowed down and he finished his Ph.D and was awarded a first class honours degree in Natural Science.

=__** After gaining his Ph.D **__= ====After gaining his Ph.D, Stephen was a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1973 he left the Institute of Astronomy to become Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.====

Stephen mainly studied the Universe. From 1965-70, he showed the Big Bang theory and between 1970-74, Stephen focused his studies on black holes.
====In 1985, Stephen unfortunately suffered with pneumonia and had to have an operation that caused him to lose his voice. Until a speech synthesizer and portable computer was fitted to his wheelchair, he found it hard to communicate.====

=__**Some awards Stephen Hawking has received**__=

2009 - Presidential Medal of Freedom
=__**If I was a Scientist..........**__=

Bibliography:
Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, 2007, __Stephen Hawking,__ Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis. [] accessed 11/5/2011 [] accessed 11/5/2011