HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHEN HAWKING!

This genius was born on January 8th, 1942 in Oxford (England). He is a theoretical physicistcosmologist, and author. Among his significant scientific works have been a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularities theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.