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thanks to him we know more about black
holes life beyond the stars and the
theory of everything welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
mind-blowing facts about Stephen Hawking
but the discoveries of the Kepler
mission suggest that there are billions
of habitable planets in our galaxy alone
for this list we’ll be focusing on one
of the greatest minds in science by
looking at a few fascinating facts about
the man himself I made a boo-boo and I
gave it to Stephen Hawking great another
fainter number 10 he believes in aliens
your estimation what’s the probability
of finding intelligent alien life in the
next 20 years and why the probability is
slow
probably the universe is dizzyingly
immense something Stephen Hawking knows
as much as anyone with that in mind
Hawking thinks it’s very likely that
intelligent alien life exists somewhere
however while the cosmologists believes
in that possibility he also thinks
humans should be careful about trying to
contact them why because he posits that
such life forms would likely try to
destroy us or at least ravage earth for
resources in 2010 Hawking publicly
stated his concern comparing invading
alien civilizations and the effect on
humans to Columbus landing in America
and the effect on Native Americans
so if aliens ever visit us I think the
outcome would be much as when
Christopher Columbus first landed in
America
which didn’t turn out very well for the
Native Americans even so he supported
breakthrough listen a research program
dedicated to finding alien life finding
but not contacting if Hawking has his
way can there be a peace between us
number nine he’s a pop-culture icon but
then I said in that frame of reference
the perihelion of mercury would have
recessed in the opposite direction while
an increasing number of scientists today
are developing public personas of their
own none has managed to make an impact
quite like Stephen Hawking for years
he’s been making public appearances and
guest starring on popular TV shows like
The Simpsons Futurama The Big Bang
Theory and Star Trek day that Apple fell
on my head was the most momentous day in
the history of science not the Apple
story again these cameos often showcase
his staggering intelligence and
trademark dry humor alongside some light
good-natured self deprecation silence I
don’t need anyone to talk for me except
this voice box you have clearly been
corrupted by power as a result he’s
become something of a household name for
people of all ages references to the
scientist can also be found in a number
of songs comics video games movies and
more proving he really has permeated
nearly every facet of pop culture that’s
nice
too bad it’s wrong number 8 he’s a
betting man I call you are bluffing and
you bill you is wrong again Albert
Stephen Hawking loves making science
bets thing is his track record kind of
sucks for example he once bet that the
existence of the Higgs boson would never
be proven fYI the Higgs boson was found
by CERN in 2012 thanks to the Large
Hadron Collider before that Hawking
teamed with fellow theoretical physicist
Kip
horn in a bet against John Prescott
about the black hole information paradox
basically the question was does the
information that falls into black holes
get destroyed Hawking and Thorne said
yes pres Cole said no no the original
bet went public in 1997
it wasn’t until 2004 that Hawking
officially conceded admitting his
opinion on the matter had evolved for
his win fresco went home with a shiny
new baseball encyclopedia alright gotta
have it something like this
number 7 he was a mediocre student
Stephen are you aware that you’ve
voluntarily embarked upon a PhD in
physics at the most prestigious College
in England yes oh well maybe slept
through the induction or something like
many of our greatest thinkers school was
initially not a great time for Stephen
Hawking he was at best middle of the
pack when it came to his grades have you
even bothered sued in 2010 professor
Hawking readily admitted that he was a
lazy student from grade school all the
way to his time at Oxford and didn’t
really learn how to read until he was 8
I was the best student at all my
handwriting was bad and I could be lazy
even so his schoolmates nicknamed him
Einstein clearly seeing his potential
for greatness
fortunately one math teacher inspired
him sparking his interest in both math
and science there was an inspirational
math teacher mr. Tata
he opened my eyes to a blueprint of the
universe itself once he was diagnosed
with ALS Hawking really began to
consider his own mortality so he focused
on his work to make something of himself
in the time he had left I have spent my
life attempting to unlock the mysteries
of the universe
number six he was a star rower
while at Oxford a young Stephen Hawking
was finding himself bored with classes
and in need of social interaction in an
effort to try something new he joined
the school’s Boat Club before his
illness he was one of the most important
members of the crew the Coxon which with
his strong voice and slight build was an
ideal role for him Hawking actually
proved to be a bit reckless steering his
crew through narrow spaces and often
damaging the boats as a result one of
his crewmates even labeled him the
adventurous type his dedication made him
very popular with his crew and soon his
social life was booming with parties and
friendly practical joking
[Music]
number five he’s British the casting of
British actor Eddie Redmayne as Hawking
for the 2014 biopic the theory of
everything may have surprised some
people after all the computerised voice
we know and love has an accent that’s
decidedly not British it has become my
trademark
and I wouldn’t change it for a more
natural voice with a British accent
however Stephen Hawking was born and
raised in England so where the accent go
in 1985 he underwent a life-saving
tracheotomy after contracting pneumonia
unfortunately the operation robbed him
of his ability to speak he eventually
began using a specialized computer
program to communicate and the synthetic
voice he adopted as his own spoke with
an American accent but then I brought a
sleep synthesizer which was designed for
a telephone directory service there have
since been many upgrades to his method
of communication but Hawking has kept
this voice as part of his identity it’s
even been copyrighted I don’t like your
tone if you are looking for trouble you
found it
yeah just try me use number four he’s a
prolific writer even though he can’t
physically write or speak my old system
worked well and I wrote five books live
it including a brief history of time
which lessened the Sunday Times
bestseller list for over five years
longer than any other book the bible and
shakespeare don’t count apparently
though he was already famous within the
scientific community Stephen Hawking
truly came to the public’s attention in
1988 with the release of his seminal
popular science book a brief history of
time he had wanted to write a science
book that would actually connect with
readers and he succeeded covering
everything from black holes to quantum
theory it became a best-seller spending
almost 150 weeks on the New York Times
bestseller list
and selling over 10 million copies and
it’s been suggested that Stephen Hawking
stole his brief history a time my
fourth-grade paper however what’s even
more impressive is the fact that this
comprehensive work
was completed after Hawking was almost
fully paralyzed and unable to speak he
since gone on to author many other books
including George’s secret key to the
universe a science book for children
number three his speech synthesiser is
state of the art who is talking to me
right now is it you or is the sentient
computer pretending to talk on your
behalf it’s me
although it’s not his own Stephen
Hawking synthesized voice is instantly
recognizable to anyone who hears it it’s
a little hard to read your tone of voice
when you say that are you being
sarcastic
yes that’s because despite his medical
issues his amazing speech generating
device allows him to communicate the
first model worked entirely via a
clicker clutched in his hand which led
him select words and commands on a
device attached to his wheelchair
however ALS ravaged Hawking’s body
ultimately robbing him of the use of his
clicking hand this resulted in an update
that allowed him to choose words by
moving his cheek muscle as his condition
declined further a crack team at Intel
added more updates thanks to much trial
and error ultimately making it possible
for him to more quickly open documents
construct sentences and prepare full
lectures no to everything a new program
a cat which uses predictive text to
speed up writing number two he’s never
won a Nobel Prize Stephen Hawking’s name
is synonymous with genius his theories
have helped advance our understanding of
the universe and yet his trophy case is
missing one of the highest honors in
science yes as shocking as it may sound
Hawking has yet to be awarded a Nobel
Prize
it can’t be right i I don’t make
arithmetic mistakes are you saying I do
but don’t worry he has earned some other
great distinctions becoming a fellow of
the Royal Society in 1974 and receiving
twelve honorary degrees over the years
for example I have never won a Nobel
Prize oh wow that doesn’t seem fair
that’s fine I have been on The Simpsons
however his
no work is the theory that predicts the
black hole’s emit radiation nicknamed
Hawking radiation and are gradually
evaporating because Nobel Prizes are
reserved for confirmed discoveries and
Hawking radiation is still technically
theoretical no award has yet been
granted um you’ve stated that you
believe there could be an infinite
number of parallel universes does that
mean that there is a universe out there
where I am smarter than you yes a normal
solar universe where you’re funny
number one he’s alive after noticing
some newfound clumsiness and slurred
speech Stephen Hawking was diagnosed
with Lou Gehrig’s disease also known as
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS in
1963 the doctors told the ambitious 21
year-old that he only had two years to
live shortly before this bad news he’d
met a pretty girl at a party
despite his diagnosis he and Jane Wilde
began dating and were soon engaged which
Hawking credits with giving him
something to live for
against all odds Hawking continued to
try to live normally for as long as
possible
ALS did eventually take its toll but not
his life thanks to groundbreaking
technology and the help of family and
friends over 50 years later he’s still
defying the odds look what we made do
you agree with our list
what other mind-blowing facts about
Stephen Hawking did we miss another
award what can you do for more brilliant
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
got no idea what you’re messing with
heel boy I’ve got 12 inch rims on my
chair that’s our boy you look like
someone glued a moustache
[Music]
Oh
thanks to him we know more about black
holes life beyond the stars and the
theory of everything welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
mind-blowing facts about Stephen Hawking
but the discoveries of the Kepler
mission suggest that there are billions
of habitable planets in our galaxy alone
for this list we’ll be focusing on one
of the greatest minds in science by
looking at a few fascinating facts about
the man himself I made a boo-boo and I
gave it to Stephen Hawking great another
fainter number 10 he believes in aliens
your estimation what’s the probability
of finding intelligent alien life in the
next 20 years and why the probability is
slow
probably the universe is dizzyingly
immense something Stephen Hawking knows
as much as anyone with that in mind
Hawking thinks it’s very likely that
intelligent alien life exists somewhere
however while the cosmologists believes
in that possibility he also thinks
humans should be careful about trying to
contact them why because he posits that
such life forms would likely try to
destroy us or at least ravage earth for
resources in 2010 Hawking publicly
stated his concern comparing invading
alien civilizations and the effect on
humans to Columbus landing in America
and the effect on Native Americans
so if aliens ever visit us I think the
outcome would be much as when
Christopher Columbus first landed in
America
which didn’t turn out very well for the
Native Americans even so he supported
breakthrough listen a research program
dedicated to finding alien life finding
but not contacting if Hawking has his
way can there be a peace between us
number nine he’s a pop-culture icon but
then I said in that frame of reference
the perihelion of mercury would have
recessed in the opposite direction while
an increasing number of scientists today
are developing public personas of their
own none has managed to make an impact
quite like Stephen Hawking for years
he’s been making public appearances and
guest starring on popular TV shows like
The Simpsons Futurama The Big Bang
Theory and Star Trek day that Apple fell
on my head was the most momentous day in
the history of science not the Apple
story again these cameos often showcase
his staggering intelligence and
trademark dry humor alongside some light
good-natured self deprecation silence I
don’t need anyone to talk for me except
this voice box you have clearly been
corrupted by power as a result he’s
become something of a household name for
people of all ages references to the
scientist can also be found in a number
of songs comics video games movies and
more proving he really has permeated
nearly every facet of pop culture that’s
nice
too bad it’s wrong number 8 he’s a
betting man I call you are bluffing and
you bill you is wrong again Albert
Stephen Hawking loves making science
bets thing is his track record kind of
sucks for example he once bet that the
existence of the Higgs boson would never
be proven fYI the Higgs boson was found
by CERN in 2012 thanks to the Large
Hadron Collider before that Hawking
teamed with fellow theoretical physicist
Kip
horn in a bet against John Prescott
about the black hole information paradox
basically the question was does the
information that falls into black holes
get destroyed Hawking and Thorne said
yes pres Cole said no no the original
bet went public in 1997
it wasn’t until 2004 that Hawking
officially conceded admitting his
opinion on the matter had evolved for
his win fresco went home with a shiny
new baseball encyclopedia alright gotta
have it something like this
number 7 he was a mediocre student
Stephen are you aware that you’ve
voluntarily embarked upon a PhD in
physics at the most prestigious College
in England yes oh well maybe slept
through the induction or something like
many of our greatest thinkers school was
initially not a great time for Stephen
Hawking he was at best middle of the
pack when it came to his grades have you
even bothered sued in 2010 professor
Hawking readily admitted that he was a
lazy student from grade school all the
way to his time at Oxford and didn’t
really learn how to read until he was 8
I was the best student at all my
handwriting was bad and I could be lazy
even so his schoolmates nicknamed him
Einstein clearly seeing his potential
for greatness
fortunately one math teacher inspired
him sparking his interest in both math
and science there was an inspirational
math teacher mr. Tata
he opened my eyes to a blueprint of the
universe itself once he was diagnosed
with ALS Hawking really began to
consider his own mortality so he focused
on his work to make something of himself
in the time he had left I have spent my
life attempting to unlock the mysteries
of the universe
number six he was a star rower
while at Oxford a young Stephen Hawking
was finding himself bored with classes
and in need of social interaction in an
effort to try something new he joined
the school’s Boat Club before his
illness he was one of the most important
members of the crew the Coxon which with
his strong voice and slight build was an
ideal role for him Hawking actually
proved to be a bit reckless steering his
crew through narrow spaces and often
damaging the boats as a result one of
his crewmates even labeled him the
adventurous type his dedication made him
very popular with his crew and soon his
social life was booming with parties and
friendly practical joking
[Music]
number five he’s British the casting of
British actor Eddie Redmayne as Hawking
for the 2014 biopic the theory of
everything may have surprised some
people after all the computerised voice
we know and love has an accent that’s
decidedly not British it has become my
trademark
and I wouldn’t change it for a more
natural voice with a British accent
however Stephen Hawking was born and
raised in England so where the accent go
in 1985 he underwent a life-saving
tracheotomy after contracting pneumonia
unfortunately the operation robbed him
of his ability to speak he eventually
began using a specialized computer
program to communicate and the synthetic
voice he adopted as his own spoke with
an American accent but then I brought a
sleep synthesizer which was designed for
a telephone directory service there have
since been many upgrades to his method
of communication but Hawking has kept
this voice as part of his identity it’s
even been copyrighted I don’t like your
tone if you are looking for trouble you
found it
yeah just try me use number four he’s a
prolific writer even though he can’t
physically write or speak my old system
worked well and I wrote five books live
it including a brief history of time
which lessened the Sunday Times
bestseller list for over five years
longer than any other book the bible and
shakespeare don’t count apparently
though he was already famous within the
scientific community Stephen Hawking
truly came to the public’s attention in
1988 with the release of his seminal
popular science book a brief history of
time he had wanted to write a science
book that would actually connect with
readers and he succeeded covering
everything from black holes to quantum
theory it became a best-seller spending
almost 150 weeks on the New York Times
bestseller list
and selling over 10 million copies and
it’s been suggested that Stephen Hawking
stole his brief history a time my
fourth-grade paper however what’s even
more impressive is the fact that this
comprehensive work
was completed after Hawking was almost
fully paralyzed and unable to speak he
since gone on to author many other books
including George’s secret key to the
universe a science book for children
number three his speech synthesiser is
state of the art who is talking to me
right now is it you or is the sentient
computer pretending to talk on your
behalf it’s me
although it’s not his own Stephen
Hawking synthesized voice is instantly
recognizable to anyone who hears it it’s
a little hard to read your tone of voice
when you say that are you being
sarcastic
yes that’s because despite his medical
issues his amazing speech generating
device allows him to communicate the
first model worked entirely via a
clicker clutched in his hand which led
him select words and commands on a
device attached to his wheelchair
however ALS ravaged Hawking’s body
ultimately robbing him of the use of his
clicking hand this resulted in an update
that allowed him to choose words by
moving his cheek muscle as his condition
declined further a crack team at Intel
added more updates thanks to much trial
and error ultimately making it possible
for him to more quickly open documents
construct sentences and prepare full
lectures no to everything a new program
a cat which uses predictive text to
speed up writing number two he’s never
won a Nobel Prize Stephen Hawking’s name
is synonymous with genius his theories
have helped advance our understanding of
the universe and yet his trophy case is
missing one of the highest honors in
science yes as shocking as it may sound
Hawking has yet to be awarded a Nobel
Prize
it can’t be right i I don’t make
arithmetic mistakes are you saying I do
but don’t worry he has earned some other
great distinctions becoming a fellow of
the Royal Society in 1974 and receiving
twelve honorary degrees over the years
for example I have never won a Nobel
Prize oh wow that doesn’t seem fair
that’s fine I have been on The Simpsons
however his
no work is the theory that predicts the
black hole’s emit radiation nicknamed
Hawking radiation and are gradually
evaporating because Nobel Prizes are
reserved for confirmed discoveries and
Hawking radiation is still technically
theoretical no award has yet been
granted um you’ve stated that you
believe there could be an infinite
number of parallel universes does that
mean that there is a universe out there
where I am smarter than you yes a normal
solar universe where you’re funny
number one he’s alive after noticing
some newfound clumsiness and slurred
speech Stephen Hawking was diagnosed
with Lou Gehrig’s disease also known as
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS in
1963 the doctors told the ambitious 21
year-old that he only had two years to
live shortly before this bad news he’d
met a pretty girl at a party
despite his diagnosis he and Jane Wilde
began dating and were soon engaged which
Hawking credits with giving him
something to live for
against all odds Hawking continued to
try to live normally for as long as
possible
ALS did eventually take its toll but not
his life thanks to groundbreaking
technology and the help of family and
friends over 50 years later he’s still
defying the odds look what we made do
you agree with our list
what other mind-blowing facts about
Stephen Hawking did we miss another
award what can you do for more brilliant
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
got no idea what you’re messing with
heel boy I’ve got 12 inch rims on my
chair that’s our boy you look like
someone glued a moustache
[Music]
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