What is wrong with him anyway?
2006-06-14 16:04:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I hope not, he is scheduled to ask the featured question here on July 5th....and its going to be a social sciences question....what a gyp!! They get one of the greatest minds in Physics to ask a frikkin' social sciences question?!? Who thought this was a good idea?
2006-06-14 16:26:43 · answer #1 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen William Hawking (born 8 January 1942), CH, CBE, FRS, is considered one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge (a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton), and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Despite enduring severe disability and, of late, being rendered quadriplegic by motor neurone disease (specifically, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), he has had a successful career for many years, and has achieved status as an academic celebrity.
2006-06-14 19:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen Hawking is alive.
He has Ameliotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. It is a motor neuron disease, which gradually destroys the ability of the nerves to transmit sensory data and motive instructions to and from the brain. It produces paralysis, slowly and systematically. This is why he uses a wheelchair and a vocoder - he can't control his limbs or vocal cords.
It obviously does not effect intelligence, as Hawking is one of the most intelligent people now living. But is a tragic irony that one of the best minds on Earth is trapped in one of the most-helpless bodies.
2006-06-14 16:16:35 · answer #3 · answered by motherbombey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Stephen the great physicist is still alive. He is a quadriplegic. It means that he is paralysed from neck down. He has to move around in an electronic wheelchair and has to use a computerized voice synthesizer to speak.
2006-06-14 18:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by Ganch222222213 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is alive. He has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It's a neurological disorder.
2006-06-14 16:08:47 · answer #5 · answered by Tiss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's alive.
He is affected by motor neurone disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
2006-06-14 16:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he is still alive.
I believe he suffers from Parkinsons.
2006-06-14 16:07:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he just gave a seminar in Taiwan.
He has ALS.
2006-06-14 16:08:17 · answer #8 · answered by scott_d_webb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋