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 ...

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 ...

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 ...