About the Book: Who Was Stephen Hawking?
Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who
spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe
come from?"
Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the
scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a
famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological
disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness define his life. Known for
his groundbreaking work in physics, and identified by his wheelchair and
computerized voice system, Stephen