This picture of a hot early stage of the universe was first put forward by the scientist George Gamow in a famous paper written in 1948 with a studen… - Stephen Hawking

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This picture of a hot early stage of the universe was first put forward by the scientist George Gamow in a famous paper written in 1948 with a student of his, Ralph Alpher. Gamow had quite a sense of humor — he persuaded the nuclear scientist Hans Bethe to add his name to the paper to make the list of authors “Alpher, Bethe, Gamow,

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About Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS (8 January 1942 - 14 March 2018) was a British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

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Native Name: Stephen William Hawking
Alternative Names: Hawking S. W. Hawking stephen S. Hawking

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