A modern genius

A modern genius

Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in the world. He was born in Oxford in 1942 and lived there until the moment he moved to Cambridge to complete his PhD. Before this, however, people already knew that he was intelligent. He enjoyed Maths and Science at school very much. He found both subjects very easy, and it was while he was studying there that his friends began to call him 'Einstein', for fun. Stephen's first university was actually Oxford, where he studied Physics and Chemistry. During there, at the age of 21, he became very sick and had problems speaking and moving. After he realised he was extremely ill, he decided to work harder. This was because he really wanted to finish his PhD before he died.

Hawking finished his PhD when he was only 24. Later he wrote over 15 very popular science books. His doctors didn't expect him to live long. He died at the age of 76 - definitely too early, as many say.