Steven Hawking

Steven Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England. Hawking was born with Neuromuscular Dystrophy its a condition that paralyzes your body. Hawking studied at Oxford University to receive his B.A degree. In 1975 Steven Hawking figured out that when black holes form it radiates energy and starts losing mass by giving off Hawking Radiation. Hawking's work on black holes measure how energy changes from one form to another. He forged a link between gravity and entropy. When black holes were first discovered scientist thought that anything that fell into a black hole was lost forever. Hawking argued that black holes don't destroy everything that falls in eventually they open up and release information.

Awards: 1975, Eddington Medal
1976, Hughes Medal of the Royal Society
1979, Albert Einstein Medal