The Extraordinary Life of Stephan Hawking

At his old school, St Albans, giving a lecture on the origin of the universe.
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A scene from Errol Morris’s documentary A Brief History of Time (1992).
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Stephen Hawking, Magnus Magnusson (centre) and Arthur C Clarke on set on ITV’s Masters of the Universe (1988).
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Stephen Hawking being presented with his illuminated freedom scroll by the chamberlain of the City of London, Peter Kane in March 2017.
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Nasa administrator Charles Bolden meeting Stephen Hawking at Cambridge’s department of applied mathematics and theoretical cosmology.
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Stephen Hawking, his former wife, Jane, their daughter Lucy and his carers face banks of press photographers at the EE Bafta film awards at the Royal Opera House, London.
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