2017
Search results
2 days ago · Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. [6] [17] [18] Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely ...
5 days ago · 'There is no God. No one directs the universe,' he writes in 'Brief Answers to the Big Questions'. The scientist, who suffered from ALS, added: 'For centuries, it was believed that disabled people like me were living under a curse that was inflicted by God. I prefer to think that everything can be explained another way, by the laws of nature.'
3 days ago · Discover the best Stephen Hawking books, including groundbreaking works like "A Brief History of Time" and "The Grand Design." Explore the universe through the mind of a genius with these must-read titles.
4 days ago · In the chancel is a monument for John Herdson, esq. of Folkestone, obt. 1622; to whom his nephew and heir erected a monument, still remaining, in Folkestone church, in which parish he lived. And there is a tomb for Stephen Hobday, the rest of the inscription obliterated.
4 days ago · Trove of Tombs Sheds Light on How Ancient Egyptian Families Lived—and Died. The finds include mummies from many social classes, some of whom were buried alongside relatives after succumbing to ...
1 day ago · The top 4 facts on Stephen Hawking. TVOKids doesn't have control over the new place you're about to visit, so please make sure you get your Parent or Guardian's permission first!
4 days ago · Cicero Discovering the Tomb of Archimedes (1805) by Benjamin West. Archimedes was born c. 287 BC in the seaport city of Syracuse, Sicily, at that time a self-governing colony in Magna Graecia. The date of birth is based on a statement by the Byzantine Greek scholar John Tzetzes that Archimedes lived for 75 years before his death in 212 BC. [8]
