British physicist Stephen Hawking took a flight in 2007 that gave the renowned scientist, who is confined to a wheelchair, a taste of the weightlessness of space. Hawking and an entourage of ...

It was then that he was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a degenerative condition that would weaken him, require the use of a wheelchair ... consider Stephen Hawking—Ndopu has ...

British physicist Stephen Hawking, who wrote the classic "A Brief ... Though Hawking spent most of his life in a wheelchair and was unable to move much of his body, he still had some working ...

Hawking spent much of his life in an electric wheelchair. His life story is depicted in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. 'The Theory of Everything' 's Felicity Jones: Stephen Hawking ...

Stephen Hawking was the most recognisable scientist ... he could no longer walk or feed himself, used an electric wheelchair to get around, and slurred his speech so much that many struggled ...

and he refused to have any help with that other than from me,” Hawking later related. For years, Stephen refused to use a wheelchair. “I’d be going out with Stephen on one arm, carrying the ...

In Stephen Hawking: A Biography by Kristine Larsen ... A speech programme was mounted on his wheelchair, enabling him to “speak” by using a hand clicker to choose words on a screen.

Stephen Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary ... for which he uses a wheelchair and speaks through a computer and voice synthesizer. "My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of ...

In the 20th century, Professor Stephen Hawking made a huge difference to ... After a few years, he couldn't walk or talk and needed a special wheelchair. But he had lived longer than anyone ...