According to the Guardian, "Hawking is the most dazzling star in the scientific community", and his views have shaped modern cosmology and aroused widespread enthusiasm for this subject on a global scale. Hawking is the research director of the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University. He made many important contributions, the most important of which was that he cooperated with roger penrose, put forward Penrose's Hawking singularity theorem within the framework of general relativity, and his theoretical prediction that black holes would emit radiation (now called Hawking radiation).
Hawking also wrote many popular science books to explain his theory and generalized cosmology, which were widely welcomed by the public. Among them, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Black Hole topped the Sunday Times bestseller list for 237 consecutive weeks. Hawking's children Lucy, Robert and Timothy said in a subsequent statement: "He is a great scientist and an extraordinary man, and his work and legacy will last for many years. His brave and tenacious talent and humor inspired people all over the world. "
Hawking's popularity is related to his unfortunate experience. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Luger's disease) in 1963, when he was only 2 1 year old. Gradually, he was paralyzed, unable to speak, and only three fingers in his hand could move. Doctors thought he could only live for two years, but Hawking's illness developed more slowly than usual and he didn't die until half a century later.