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

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Stephen Hawking

British physicist born in 1942 who advanced cosmology through the singularity theorems and Hawking radiation despite living with ALS. A Brief History of Time brought cosmology to millions.

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Source: Newsweek interview, 1988Verified

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