Stephen Hawking
Physicist and author
Stephen Hawking was a physics theorist and author. Stephen’s ground-breaking theories about the universe have vastly improved our knowledge on space and time. In 1998 Stephen published a book A Brief History of Time which made complicated scientific and mathematical theories accessible for all, the book sold 10 million copies. Stephen was number one on the Disability Power 100 in 2015. Stephen died in 2018, aged 76.
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