Late Stephen Hawking was a famous English cosmologist, a director of research at Theoretical Cosmology center at Cambridge University, an author and theoretical physicist. He achieved a lot in his life, he is very knowledgeable and has used his knowledge to benefit others around the world with his scientific findings. He done many collaborations whilst doing his scientific work, he worked with Roger Penrose on how black hole emanates radiation, known as Hawking radiation. His illness did not hold him back, at the young age of 3 he was diagnosed with degenerative motor neuron disease; however he did not let this illness hold him back from achieving his dream in the scientific field.
Quotes
- “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” Stephen Hawking
- “Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.” Stephen Hawking
- “While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I’m no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.” Stephen Hawking
- “Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.” Stephen Hawking
- “There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people.” Stephen Hawking
- “It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.” Stephen Hawking
- “People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” Stephen Hawking
- “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.” Stephen Hawking
- “No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.” Stephen Hawking
- “The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.” Stephen Hawking
- “We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.” Stephen Hawking
- “It will take about a thousand million million million million years for the Earth to run into the sun, so there’s no immediate cause for worry!” Stephen Hawking
- “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.” Stephen Hawking
- “In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians.” Stephen Hawking
- “The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.” Stephen Hawking
- “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matter that you don’t just give up.” Stephen Hawking
- “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” Stephen Hawking
- “If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?” Stephen Hawking
- “Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on earth.” Stephen Hawking
- “My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” Stephen Hawking
- “Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.” Stephen Hawking
- “They are a complete mystery.” Stephen Hawking
- “Stay happy in every circumstance. Find ways to amuse yourself.” Stephen Hawking
- “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.” Stephen Hawking
- “Science is not only a disciple of reason but also one of romance and passion.” Stephen Hawking
- “So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.” Stephen Hawking
- “One has to have a positive attitude and must make the best of the situation that one finds oneself in; if one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be psychologically disabled as well.” Stephen Hawking
- “Obviously because of my disability I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.” Stephen Hawking
- “I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.” Stephen Hawking
- “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Stephen Hawking