Stephen Hawking was a world-renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist long before he became internationally famous, but what made him a household name was a book: “A Brief History of Time,” which ...

In his final years, the only thing connecting the brilliant physicist to the outside world was a couple of inches of frayed nerve in his cheek. As slowly as a word per minute, Stephen Hawking used the ...

Is there anything new left to say about Stephen Hawking? The world-famous physicist, who died in 2018, has been the subject of multiple books, documentaries and films, as well as penning dozens of his ...

It's really a fascination with that nerd's uncanny ability, and not pity for the disabled or an interest in innovative approaches to quantum mechanics, that inspires so much popular attention toward ...

Professor Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralysed by disease, has died aged 76. In a statement Professor Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and ...

The semi-pun title here gives you the basic idea: Hawking Hawking is an unauthorized biography of the late Stephen “Brief History of Time” Hawking, with an emphasis on his celebrity status. In ...

British physicist and broadcaster Brian Cox has been awarded the 2026 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, recognising his work bringing complex scientific ideas to audiences around the ...

In 1974 Stephen Hawking famously claimed that black holes should emit particles as well as absorb them. This so-called "Hawking radiation" has not yet been observed, but now a research group from ...

Stephen Hawking spent his final years issuing a clear warning: humanity’s greatest technological triumphs could also become the forces that undo us. He saw artificial intelligence, climate change and ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I've always thought of Stephen Hawking—whose ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Frank Wilczek HAWKING HAWKING The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity By Charles Seife Stephen ...