Stephen William Hawking is one of the greatest scientists of our time. Born exactly three hundred years after the death of scientist Galileo Galilei, Hawking was born to be a genius. Stephen was always clever as a young boy. When he was in elementary school, his father, Frank Hawking, felt that since he went to a minor private school due to his parents’ lack of money, he did not achieve his full potential in life. So, he wanted to send his son Stephen to the best private school in the country, so he would be able to have the best career possible (Gribbin & White 7). Although, Stephen was a socially awkward boy, and never really mastered being a normal boy. He was skinny and puny, and he was made fun of by his elementary school classmates. His bedroom was always messy; the floor was always covered with
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Upon hearing this, Stephen became depressed. He almost felt no desire to live. Then, Jane Wilde, whom Stephen was close friends with, visited Stephen a short while after he was released from hospital, while he was slowly working himself out of his depression. In Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, on page 63, it says, “It was finding Jane that enabled him to break out of his depression and regenerate some belief in his life and work.” Jane helped Stephen fully break out of his depression; this is because they were both affectionate for each other, and, though they may not have known it yet at the time, they were in love. Another thing that helped Stephen overcome his obstacles was something that he saw when he was in the hospital: a boy die of leukemia. Hawking said, “While I had been in hospital, I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia, in the bed opposite me. It had not been a pretty sight. Clearly there were people who were worse off than me. At least my condition didn’t make me feel sick. Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself, I remember that boy (Gribbin & White
Upon hearing this, Stephen became depressed. He almost felt no desire to live. Then, Jane Wilde, whom Stephen was close friends with, visited Stephen a short while after he was released from hospital, while he was slowly working himself out of his depression. In Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, on page 63, it says, “It was finding Jane that enabled him to break out of his depression and regenerate some belief in his life and work.” Jane helped Stephen fully break out of his depression; this is because they were both affectionate for each other, and, though they may not have known it yet at the time, they were in love. Another thing that helped Stephen overcome his obstacles was something that he saw when he was in the hospital: a boy die of leukemia. Hawking said, “While I had been in hospital, I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia, in the bed opposite me. It had not been a pretty sight. Clearly there were people who were worse off than me. At least my condition didn’t make me feel sick. Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself, I remember that boy (Gribbin & White