II. Stephen Hawking Hawking moved to Cambridge from Oxford to take up research in general relativity and cosmology, a difficult area for someone with only a little mathematical background Hawking had noticed that he was becoming rather clumsy during his last year at Oxford and, when he returned home for christmas, 1962, at the end of his first term at Cambridge, his mother persuaded him to see a doctor. W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E ◼ Hawking moved to Cambridge from Oxford to take up research in general relativity and cosmology, a difficult area for someone with only a little mathematical background. ◼ Hawking had noticed that he was becoming rather clumsy during his last year at Oxford and, when he returned home for Christmas, 1962, at the end of his first term at Cambridge, his mother persuaded him to see a doctor. Lesson 9 - Against All Odds II. Stephen Hawking To be continued on the next page
II. Stephen Hawking In early 1963 he spent two weeks having tests in hospital and motor neurone disease (Lou Gehrig's disease)was diagnosed. His condition deteriorated quickly and the doctors predicted that he would not live long enough to complete his doctorate. The reason that his research progressed was that he met a girl he wanted to marry and realised he had to complete his doctorate to get a job W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E ◼ In early 1963 he spent two weeks having tests in hospital and motor neurone disease (Lou Gehrig's disease) was diagnosed. His condition deteriorated quickly and the doctors predicted that he would not live long enough to complete his doctorate. The reason that his research progressed was that he met a girl he wanted to marry and realised he had to complete his doctorate to get a job. Lesson 9 - Against All Odds II. Stephen Hawking To be continued on the next page