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1 Stephen William Hawking
By Jessica smith

2 Background Born: Jan 08, (age 74) Born in Oxford, England
Education: California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College, Oxford UniversitySpouse: Jane Wilde ( ) Elaine Mason ( )Had 3 kids: Robert, Lucy, and Timothy

3 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Medical Definition: “a rare fatal progressive degenerative disease that affects motor neurons, usually begins in middle age, and is characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness”Symptoms of ALSHard to walkWeakness in hands and legsTrouble talkingDifficult to sit up straightAt age 21 he was diagnosedDoctors said he only had two and a half years leftHe was in a wheel chair by He lost his voice in

4 HOW HE BECAME FAMOUSLearned things really quickly about theoretical cosmology he knew more than his own college teacherEven