Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking is born

Jan 8, 1942

Hawking attends St. Albans

Period: Dec 24, 1953 to Dec 25, 1958

It was here Hawking began to develop his interest in mathematics

Hawking studies Physics at Oxford

Period: Dec 24, 1959 to Dec 25, 1962

Begins research on cosmology and relativity

Dec 24, 1963

Hawking completes his doctorate

Dec 24, 1966

Shows black holes can emit radiation

Dec 24, 1970

Joins the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge

Dec 24, 1973

Appointed professor of Gravitational Physics

Dec 24, 1977

Awarded a CBE by the Queen

Dec 24, 1982

Made a companion of honor

Dec 24, 1989

Publishes Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained

Dec 24, 1998

This book attempted to analyze our world and everything around us

Publishes "The Universe in a Nutshell"

Dec 24, 2001

Described the mysteries behind some of the recent breakthroughs in physics

Released "On the Shoulders of Giants"

Dec 24, 2002

Analysis of the works of great philosophers and mathematicians such as Sir Isaac Newton and Einstein

Hawking solves the black hole paradox

Dec 24, 2004

This is way to complicated to describe here. But he basically solves a problem that had been troubling the global scientific community for years.