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Stephen Hawking — Revision Notes
Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · English
Stephen Hawking revision notes for Maharashtra Board Class 10 English: 4 topics in quick points. Part of the Maharashtra Board Class 10 English syllabus.
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1. Key Facts About Stephen Hawking
- Stephen Hawking was born on 8th January 1942 and died on 14th March 2018.
- He was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and Director of Research at the centre of theoretical cosmology within Cambridge University.
- He unified the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics in his cosmology theory.
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2. Books and Scientific Ideas
- A Brief History of Time was published in 1988 and became a major success.
- It spent more than four years at the top of the London Sunday Times bestseller list.
- It sold millions of copies and was translated into more than 40 languages.
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3. Hawking's Views on the Universe
- Hawking believed that the universe can be explained by laws of physics.
- He later concluded that the Big Bang was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics and nothing more.
- He said that the universe can and will create itself from nothing because there is a law such as gravity.
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4. Illness, Courage, and Later Life
- Hawking first noticed physical problems while at Oxford, but he did not look into them until 1963, during his first year at Cambridge.
- His father noticed his condition and took him to see a doctor.
- He spent two weeks at a medical clinic undergoing tests.
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Stephen Hawking was born on 8thHawking united the general theoryThis book made cosmology understandableHe also wrote The UniverseAt age 21
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