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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Basic timeline of Stephen Hawking

This post is a basic timeline of physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018). There are 17 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1942: Born in Oxford, England
• 1959: Enrolls at University College, Oxford
• 1962: Enrolls at Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• 1966: Writes thesis Properties of Expanding Universes
• 1966: Becomes research fellow at Gonville and Caius College
• 1970: Proposes second law of black hole thermodynamics
• 1973: Publishes The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time with Ellis
• 1974: Proposes Hawking radiation
• 1974: Becomes visiting professor at Caltech
• 1975: Becomes reader at the University of Cambridge
• 1979: Becomes Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge
• 1981: Proposes black hole information paradox
• 1983: Proposes the Hartle-Hawking state with Hartle
• 1988: Publishes A Brief History of Time
• 1993: Publishes Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
• 2001: Publishes The Universe in a Nutshell
• 2018: Died at age 76 in Cambridge, England