Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 08. Januar 1942 |
Geburtsort | Oxford |
Todesdatum | Mittwoch, 14. März 2018 |
Todesort | Cambridge |
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Beschreibung | Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS (* 8. Januar 1942 in Oxford, England; † 14. März 2018 in Cambridge, England) war ein britischer theoretischer Physiker und Astrophysiker. Von 1979 bis 2009 war er Inhaber des renommierten Lucasischen Lehrstuhls für Mathematik an der Universität Cambridge. Stephen Hawking lieferte bedeutende Arbeiten zur Kosmologie, zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie und zu Schwarzen Löchern. 1963 wurde bei Hawking Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose (ALS) diagnostiziert, eine degenerative Erkrankung des motorischen Nervensystems. Mediziner prophezeiten ihm, nur noch wenige Jahre zu leben. Allerdings handelte es sich vermutlich um eine chronisch juvenile ALS (JALS), die durch einen extrem langen Krankheitsverlauf gekennzeichnet war. Seit 1968 war er auf einen Rollstuhl angewiesen. Im Rahmen der Grunderkrankung (konsekutive progressive Bulbärparalyse) und der Behandlung einer schweren Lungenentzündung verlor er 1985 die Fähigkeit zu sprechen. Für die verbale Kommunikation nutzte er seitdem einen Sprachcomputer. Durch seine populärwissenschaftlichen Bücher über moderne Physik und umfangreiche mediale Berichterstattung wurde er auch einem breiten Publikum außerhalb der Fachwelt bekannt. |
There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.
The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.
God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics.
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
My work and my family are very important to me.
God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Among physicists, I'm respected I hope.
