Stephen hawking

Born in Oxford to academically inclined parents, Hawking grew up in St Albans, England. He attended University College, Oxford (B.A., 1962) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Ph.D., 1966). His early research, supervised by Dennis Sciama, focused on cosmology and singularities in space-time. At 21, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and given only a few years to live—a prognosis he defied for more than five decades.

Science Simplified

Hawking Radiation

Before we look at black holes, let’s start with something simpler: black body radiation. A black body is an idealized object that absorbs all incoming light and energy. It doesn’t reflect or let anything escape. When it gets hot, it emits light based solely on its temperature.