Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 in England. He passed away in 2018. He studied a lot about the universe all his life. He also wrote many famous books. When he was a school boy, his school was not very good. But he was very clever. He helped his teachers install(安装) computers. Hawking got a bad illness at the age of21. He couldn't walk or speak. He had to use a wheelchair. He could only"speak"with the help of a computerized voice synthesizer(由电脑控制的声音模拟器). But he did not give up. He kept on studying.
In 1988, Hawking's famous book A Brief History of Time was published. The book talks about the universe. Where did it come from? What does it look like?How will it end? You can read the book to find out more.
Stephen Hawking is famous all over the world. He is a model for disabled people, and also for you and me.