![]() ![]() This caused him to choke and prevented him from eating. ![]() Later while on a family holiday, Hawking's throat repeatedly went into spasms. He spoke only to voice his demands" (, p. The cheerful grin had evaporated completely, to be replaced by a mournful sadness expressed in those beautiful, eloquent eyes. However, according to Jane Hawking, " at home his spirits were alarmingly low. As soon as he was able, Hawking returned to his hectic schedule. Recovering at home, " he sat silently in his chair, resting his head on his hand, in the same melancholy posture he had first adopted in the 1960s. He had been hospitalised after becoming critically ill. Years later, in 1976, his mood plummeted again. Jane says of the period about a year after his diagnosis " his personality was overshadowed by a deep depression" and " this revealed itself in a harsh black cynicism" (, p. The diagnosis was made not long after he met Jane Wilde, who was later to become his first wife. He deteriorated physically and is said to have become depressed. A first year graduate student at the time, Hawking was given two years to live. He was also the youngest Fellow of the Royal Society.Īt the age of 21, Hawking was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). This is a prestigous position once held by Sir Isaac Newton. He is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in England. This includes 12 honorary degrees, the CBE, and a Companion of Honour (more prestigous than a knighthood). Hawking has won a huge number of awards, medals and honours for his work on laws that govern the universe. His book "A Brief History of Time" became an international best seller. Professor Stephen Hawking has been described as a genius and the world's most famous scientist. ![]()
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