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What was going on at this time in the broader world? What motivated this work? What problem was this work attempting to solve and why did it matter?

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My Brief History by Stephen Hawking

The brief history by Stephen Hawking is a short autobiography of Hawking about his exceptional life childhood to adulthood when he succeeds in his work in cosmology and quantum physics. The story of hawking begins in 1942 when he was born in Oxford, England. Hawking is viewed to be genius who was able to live with his disability and at the same time he was able to revolutionize the laws of physics and studied the black holes. He was not able to read till he was of age eight because the school he attended did not believe in teaching children to read. Hawking had an interest in electronic trains: he says that "I had an argument to know how systems work and how to control them". The urge of him knowing how systems operate lead him to his purse in theoretical physics.

Hawking's father wanted him to study medicine because he believed that there were no jobs for mathematicians. Stephen says that "physics was always the most boring subject at school because it was obvious and simple. Chemistry, on the other hand, was fun because unexpected things, like explosions, happened. But physics and astronomy offered the hope of understanding where we come from and why we are here". Hawking was able to get Dennis Sciama as a supervisor in Cambridge. Hawking, however, wanted Fred Hoyle, who was a renowned astronomer, to be his supervisor but he had to settle for Denis since hehad more time to devote to him. Stephen decided to concentrate on the neglected area of gravitation and cosmology.

In his time in Oxford, Hawking had discovered that he was ore clumsy and this continued in his years in Cambridge; in this effect, he decided to see a doctor. It was discovered that he suffered from motor neuron disease and he only had two years to live. This news, however, did not affect his life since he continued with his thesis, worked more hard in school and even found love. He hadtwo kinds namely Robert and Lucy. Stephens main aim was to discover if cosmology had a beginning. RogerPenrose had started on the research and discovered significant information on black holes and singularities. This means that when a star dies, it contacts on its own and singularity is the point when time and space come to an end. These discoveries by Rogerbecame the thesis of Stephen and eventually became his life work.

It is after all this that Hawking wrote on his autobiography, ‘My short life' and talks briefly about theblack hole and time travel. Hawking is one of the famously known scientists is in the world partly because of his disability, his wide travel and his work on black holes and time travel. Stephen died a well-accomplished man who was satisfied with his life. He had had a chance to have two marriages in his short life, he was a great scientist, had successful children. Additionally, he did not let his disability take over him, but rather used it for the greater good and made him work and concentrate more on his career. It is, therefore, a great lesson for those with a disability to not let the situation hinder the form becoming who they dream to be, Hawking did not let his Motor Neuron disease prevent him from becoming one of the best scientists in the world. Hawking says, "I have had a full and satisfying life. I believe that disabled people should concentrate on things from their handicap that doesn't prevent them from doing and not regret those they can't do."

Consequently, in addition to his book on his brief history, the black holes and baby universes was a builder. He addresses the issue of imaginarytime and how black holes can be able to give birth to baby universes. He also addresses how scientists work hard to discoveratheory thatcan be able to predict all universal activities. It is recorded that hawking was a master of language, had a good sense of humor and plainly spoke to his audience through his work. It is thanks to his work that some of us, or rathermost of us, were able to understand the nature of the universe and he also helped in making theoretical physics on black holes, time travel and quantum appealing and interesting.

Stephen Hawking is one of the famous scientists and a role model to many because of his accomplishments despite him having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or in lay man's language, motor neuron disease. He is a world-renowned theoretical physicist, known for his contributions on the field of cosmology, quantum gravity when it comes to the concept of the black hole and relativity in general. His life and accomplishments should be a motivation to the disabled and others. Hawking also wrote his work in a general and simple form. This means thathe wrote the book to readers who did not have knowledge of scientific theories thus making it interesting and easy to understand for all. His aim was to ensure that people had an idea of the nature of the universe and have knowledge on where they are and why there are where they are.

Work Cited 

Hawking, S. 1942-2018 author. My Brief History. New York: Bantam books, 2013. Print.