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B R _ Chronology of Stephen Hawking 2 1966 — Earned his Ph.D. degree at the University of Cambridge. Stayed at the University of Cambridge to do post-doctoral research. Diagnosed as having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化). “I am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS? The answer is, not a lot. I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many.” B R _ Chronology of Stephen Hawking 3 1977 1979 — — Became a professor of physics. Appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a post once held by Isaac Newton. This is a picture of Stephen Hawking, “Isaac Newton” and “Albert Einstein”. B R _ Chronology of Stephen Hawking 4 1988 1993 1996 — — — Published his famous book A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Wrote Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. Co-authored a book with Sir Roger Penrose titled The Nature of Space and Time. B R _ Oxford University _ picture Oxford University Chronology of Stephen Hawking B R _ University of Cambridge_ picture University of Cambridge Chronology of Stephen Hawking B R _ Main Achievements of Stephen Hawking 1 Main Achievements of Stephen Hawking singularity A point in space-time at which the space-time curvature (曲率) becomes infinite. misuse v. 误用，错用 turn out 结果是 manner n. 方式，风格 entropy n. 熵，热力学概念。 fatal a. 重大的，致命的 motivate v. 激发 irritation n. 愤怒 B R _ Main Achievements of Stephen Hawking 2 black hole A region of space-time from which nothing, not even light, can escape. Nothing can escape because gravity is so strong. With the help of the following words and expressions, listen to a recording of more information on black hole. object n. 物体 emit v. 放射，吐露 the event horizon 事件视界，即黑洞的边界 B R _ Main Achievements of Stephen Hawking 3 A Brief History of Time One of his books to make his work accessible to the public. B R _ Main Achievements of Stephen Hawkin