Stephen Hawking Accomplishments

Stephen Hawking, a brilliant man who lives with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Born in Oxford, England on January 8th, 1942. Son of Frank Hawking and a philosophy .Isobel Hawking. Diagnosed at the age of 21 with ALS Stephen Hawking started to lose hope after 2 years of losing his nerves and being able to do daily functions of life, his symptoms started to slow down very drastically and steadied out for him and he took this as a sign to start his life up again. Soon meeting a women Jane Wilde, and getting married. What life did Stephen Hawking live before he was diagnosed with ALS. How did Stephen Hawking deal with ALS and how he was able to get himself to go on in life. The achievements he was able to earn because of the illness’s way of pushing him and putting the mindset of not letting it overpower him. Stephen Hawking grew up in a rich family in Oxford, England. His father, Frank Hawking studied medicine at Cambridge University. And his mother, Isobel Hawking studied Philosophy at Cambridge University. After high school at St. Albans School he went to a university college in Oxford. He wanted to study mathematics but his dad preferred he went to study medicine, but Mathematics was not available at the university college so he went on to study physics, after 3 years in 1962 he graduated with class honors at the university college and soon after, …show more content…
For two years of rapid progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease it started to slow steadily and eventually very significantly to almost very minimal pain or progression of ALS. So for two years he dealt with this pain and nerve loss just living it through day by day. He soon met a women which is what got him back on the mindset of continuing on with his research. So he went back to school to finish and go back to teach there after. Went on to study and research over quantum mechanics and physics, but most importantly his black hole