Stephen Hawking, the mega-genius physicist behind A Brief History of Time, a famous book that many own but few have probably ever read, some of the mysterious things which rarely people know, so here I tried to mention everything you should definitely know.
Stephen Hawking demise was very saddened news for all of us he died at his home on March 14, 2018. Coincidentally (or not), the day of his death also happened to be the birthday of fellow super-genius Albert Einstein, so it looked pretty clear that, even in death Hawking had stuffs more figured out than the rest of us.
But literally writing the book on time, the universe, and all of that, Hawking’s also done about a billion different super-smart stuffs by himself, and was responsible for bringing together a bunch of disparate scientific decisions and evidencing them by being, you know, way smarter than any of us. However, here’s our opportunity to feel like we’re actual, real-life smart people, as we reveal the many sides of Stephen Hawking’s life that numerous people may not know about.
STEPHEN WAS DIAGNOSED AT 21 AND Pronounced 3 YEARS TO LIVE
Earlier Stephen Hawking even began founding the mind-bending science of reality, he was already defying it! See, when Hawking was just 21, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), and doctors had clearly said that he only had 3 years to live.
Hawking, after knowing about this, promptly took one look at Death and said, “oh dear, no thank you,” and he proceeded to live until the ripe old age of 76. The guy who was supposed to croak at 21 lived for another 5 decades, plus 5 years for fun. And look, you’re probably not a mathematician, but even you can calculate that to be hardly a bunch more years than the doctors gave him. That probably made his regular doctor super-nervous when saying anything to the man during his annual physical.
STEPHEN WAS MARRIED TWICE
While the famous picture of Stephen Hawking is “loner genius,” he really — statistically — got more action than most people did in high school. He was married for two times and even had 3 children, proof that theoretical discussions on the true nature of the cosmos is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Also, it look that at least one of his child has gotten in on the family business of being super-smart and writing about science to help people understand it … well, sort of. His daughter, Lucy Hawking, writes books with him, for young kid interested in science! It’s generally Not Star Wars, where the kid really joined the parent to rule the Universe together.
HE WAS NOT A GREAT SPOUSE
Stephen Hawking’s love life certainly wasn’t great, as this entry’s title more than indicates. His 1st wife didn’t have to just raise her 3 children pretty much by herself, but she also had took care of Stephen. Remember how he was only supposed to live three years? Well, he beat that, but that doesn’t mean it was easy — he had a long, difficult go of it, with numerous operations, and via it all, taking care of him was Jane.
STEPHEN’s FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTER WAS SUPERMAN AND LOIS LANE
Stephen Hawking, maybe in an effort to evidence that even nerds can be dorks, once he said that he want he could have Superman’s powers … and that when he was younger, he had a crush on Lois Lane. But in reality, though, who doesn’t? She’s great. Specifically, he had a crush on Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve films, but still.
STEPHEN TALKED USING HIS CHEEK MUSCLE
People might be thinking how Stephen Hawking could talk given that his illness prevented him from actually moving. Well as it came out, you’re wrong about that! He could move … his cheek muscle. That’s correct, he communicated by using his cheek muscle and an advanced communication technology machine called SwiftKey. Genuinely, there was a laser on his glasses scanning an alphabet of letters. When it would get to the one he wanted to choose, he twitched his cheek muscle and it recognized that letter, then starts again.
STEPHEN WANTED TO BE A BOND VILLAIN
Stephen Hawking didn’t just want to be any film villain — he told Wired UK that he desired to be a Bond villain (through Rolling Stone). And you know, when you think about it, this really makes a lot of sense. He did fit the description of a Bond villain.
Hawking himself even said so, describing, “My ideal character would be a baddie in a James Bond movie … I wonder the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part.”
STEPHEN BELIEVES IN ALIENS AND BELIVES THEY WILL KILL ALL OF US
Stephen Hawking was a great great scientist, so it obvious that he believed in life beyond the earth, even if it isn’t the kind Mulder always discovers and gets pouty about. See, he wasn’t not saying that aliens exist on Earth or that all those UFOs are really alien ships. He was just saying that something’s out there, and if we ever discover aliens, we should hide.
