Federal State Budgetal Educational Establishment of Higher Education “Kerch State Maritime Technological University” Shipbuilding Mechanilcal Technical School Presentation Prepared by : Oleshko Mikhail CHILDHOOD, FAMILY Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, where his parents moved from London, fearing the bombing of German aircraft . His father is Frank Hawking, who worked as a researcher at the Hampstead Medical Center. Mother, Isabel Hawking, worked there as a secretary. In addition to Stephen's family, two younger sisters (Philip and Mary) and adopted brother Edward were brought up EDUCATION In 1962, Stephen graduated from the University of Oxford (bachelor’s degree), and in 1966 at Trinity Hall College, University of Cambridge, received his Ph.D., defended his thesis "Properties of expanding universes" Since 1965, Hawking at the University of Cambridge worked at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy DISABILITY Already in the early 1960s, signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis began to appear in Hawking, which subsequently led to paralysis [But the disease did not progress so quickly, and he began to live only in the late 1960s In 1985, Stephen Hawking became seriously ill, he had pneumonia. After a series of operations, he underwent a tracheostomy, and Hawking lost his ability to speak. Mechanical friends modified Stephen's wheelchair by installing an on-board computer with a speech synthesizer, which Hawking managed first with the help of his right index finger, and subsequently with a mimic cheek muscle, opposite to which he secured the sensor.. Hawking’s voice had an American accent and at the time of his death had not been created for other similar devices for many years. Himself Hawking said that, as a Professor of mathematics, he never received any mathematical education since middle school. In his first year of teaching at Oxford Hawking had read the textbook ahead of their own students for two weeks. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES Hawking's main research focus is cosmology and quantum gravity. His main achievements are: the use of thermodynamics to describe black holes THE POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE Hawking is actively involved in the popularization of science. In the 1988 edition, he published a book, A Brief History of Time, which became a bestseller. Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honourin 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
