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Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking
( born 8 January 1942) is an English
theoretical physicist
,
cosmologist
, author and Director of Research at the
Centre for Theoretical Cosmology
within the
University of Cambridge
. His scientific works include a collaboration with
Roger Penrose
on
gravitational singularity theorems
in the framework of
general relativity
, and the theoretical prediction that
black holes
emit radiation, often called
Hawking radiation
. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of
cosmology
explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and
quantum mechanics
. He is a vigorous supporter of the
many-worlds interpretation
of quantum mechanics.
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