In 1963, Jane Wilde learned that her boyfriend, Stephen Hawking, had motor neuron disease. Doctors told the 21-year-old that he had, at most, two years to live. But two years later, the young ...

Stephen Hawking had been growing increasingly unsteady ... of the world’s most eminent scientists – at the unusually young age of 32. Following in the footsteps of Sir Isaac Newton, who ...

Stephen Hawking was the most recognisable scientist ... Jane, who was two years younger than her fiancé, had to seek a special exemption from her college as students were not normally allowed ...

Stephen Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary ... all physical matter in the universe. At the remarkably young age of 32, he was named a fellow of the Royal Society. He received the Albert ...

5. He's co-written a series of children’s books Alongside his daughter Lucy, Hawking has penned a series of children's books aimed at stoking interest in physics in the young. Starting with ...

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking is a two-part series based on ... The script is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, who played the young scientist in the 2004 BBC documentary Hawking.