Question

Comment on hawking's life at oxford

Answer 1

The world-renowned theoretical physicist completed his undergraduate degree at University College, Oxford between 1959 and 1962, obtaining first-class honours.

He became regarded as one of the world's most brilliant scientists, forging a hugely successful academic career at the University of Cambridge while seeking to communicate his ideas to a wider audience through books, lectures and television appearances. He achieved this after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21.

Writing in The Guardian, Professor Hawking's long-time collaborator and friend Sir Roger Penrose, of Oxford's Mathematical Institute, said: 'He was extremely highly regarded, in view of his many greatly impressive, sometimes revolutionary, contributions to the understanding of the physics and the geometry of the universe.'

Together, Professor Hawking and Sir Roger famously showed that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes.

Last year, Professor Hawking returned to Oxford to give the inaugural address for the Oxford Mathematical Institute's Roger Penrose public lecture series, on the subject of black holes. Sir Roger described it as a 'huge pleasure and great honour' to be able to welcome Professor Hawking to Oxford to give the lecture.

Answer 2

• Hawkins at university college of Oxford considered the studies in mathematics and physics too easy and found it too convenient for himself.
• He being a student there never had to consult the books or take down notes for these subjects, that he was too friendly with.
• As for the work hours for record, he took 1000 hours of work in 3 years cumulatively and performed well with this much of input fairly.
• He was never instigated from within to make any specific effort for it or his life at oxford and the schedule or work was too easy to fall within the ambit of any efforts or specific input from his side that would make a difference to his comfort zone of his schedule.
• Only subject that his soul craved for and worked for was - Cosmology as it posed a question of importance at its face- ‘from where did the world come from?’ The subject questioned the evolution and existence of the very world.