Mind of a God
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November 30, 2010 | Raj Patel |
| Stephen Hawking |
| Stephen Hawking |
Mind of a God
Stephen William Hawking has a mind that is beyond today's way of thinking. His theories on black holes and his search for a grand unification theory, which would link the theories of relativity with those of quantum mechanics, have propelled him into the one of the great minds of the world like Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England to Dr. Frank Hawking, a research biologist, and Isobel Hawking. Hawking's birth came at an inappropriate time for his parents, who didn't have much money. The political climate was also tense, as England was dealing with World War. In an effort to seek a safer place to have their first child, Frank moved his pregnant wife from their London home to Oxford. The Hawkings would go on to have two other children, Mary (1943) and Philippa (1947). A second son, Edward, was adopted in 1956.
After Hawking was born the family moved back to London where his father headed the division of parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research. In 1950 his family moved to St Albans, Hertfordshire, where he attended St Albans High School for Girls from 1950 to 1953 where boys could attend until the age of ten. From the age of eleven, he attended St Albans School, where he was an average student. At the school he met one of his greatest influencers his math teacher Dikran Tahta. He was such a big influence in his life that Hawking named one of the four houses and to an extracurricular science lecture series after Tahta.
Hawking had an interest in science. The interest was developed by his mathematics teacher; he originally wanted to study it at the university level. However, Hawking's father wanted him to apply to University College Oxford, where he had attended. University College did not have mathematics at that time, Hawking therefore applied to read natural sciences, in which...
| Stephen Hawking |
| Stephen Hawking |
Mind of a God
Stephen William Hawking has a mind that is beyond today's way of thinking. His theories on black holes and his search for a grand unification theory, which would link the theories of relativity with those of quantum mechanics, have propelled him into the one of the great minds of the world like Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England to Dr. Frank Hawking, a research biologist, and Isobel Hawking. Hawking's birth came at an inappropriate time for his parents, who didn't have much money. The political climate was also tense, as England was dealing with World War. In an effort to seek a safer place to have their first child, Frank moved his pregnant wife from their London home to Oxford. The Hawkings would go on to have two other children, Mary (1943) and Philippa (1947). A second son, Edward, was adopted in 1956.
After Hawking was born the family moved back to London where his father headed the division of parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research. In 1950 his family moved to St Albans, Hertfordshire, where he attended St Albans High School for Girls from 1950 to 1953 where boys could attend until the age of ten. From the age of eleven, he attended St Albans School, where he was an average student. At the school he met one of his greatest influencers his math teacher Dikran Tahta. He was such a big influence in his life that Hawking named one of the four houses and to an extracurricular science lecture series after Tahta.
Hawking had an interest in science. The interest was developed by his mathematics teacher; he originally wanted to study it at the university level. However, Hawking's father wanted him to apply to University College Oxford, where he had attended. University College did not have mathematics at that time, Hawking therefore applied to read natural sciences, in which...