Sunday, June 26, 2022

Basic timeline of Stephen Hawking

This post is a basic timeline of physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018). There are 17 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • 1942: Born in Oxford, England
  • 1959: Enrolls at University College, Oxford
  • 1962: Enrolls at Trinity Hall, Cambridge
  • 1966: Writes thesis Properties of Expanding Universes
  • 1966: Becomes research fellow at Gonville and Caius College
  • 1970: Proposes second law of black hole thermodynamics
  • 1973: Publishes The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time with Ellis
  • 1974: Proposes Hawking radiation
  • 1974: Becomes visiting professor at Caltech
  • 1975: Becomes reader at the University of Cambridge
  • 1979: Becomes Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge
  • 1981: Proposes black hole information paradox
  • 1983: Proposes the Hartle-Hawking state with Hartle
  • 1988: Publishes A Brief History of Time
  • 1993: Publishes Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
  • 2001: Publishes The Universe in a Nutshell
  • 2018: Died at age 76 in Cambridge, England