Stephen William Hawking (born 8 January 1942, died 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is, and why it exists at all.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.
I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder or at least my biggest blunder in science.
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations directly in the abstract.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.