The Extraordinary Life of Stephan Hawking

British scientists shot for a Guardian Weekend magazine feature, Of Mind and Matter. From left to right, David Attenborough, Brian Cox, Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins.
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Eddie Redmayne and Stephen Hawking at The Theory of Everything feature film premiere at the Odeon, Leicester Square in December 2014.
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Stephen Hawking arrives with his first wife, Jane, and son to receive an honorary degree at Cambridge.
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Stephen Hawking held the post of Lucasian professor of mathematics at the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge University between 1979 and 2009.
Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian

Stephen Hawking floating in a zero-gravity jet undertaking parabolic dips to simulate space conditions over the Atlantic.
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Meeting the Queen at a reception for the Leonard Cheshire disability charity at St James’s Palace in 2014.
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