12 curious facts about Stephen Hawking, the man who discovered the secrets of the cosmos

"Humanity is so insignificant if we compare it with the Universe, that the fact of being a handicapped person does not have much cosmic importance," said Stephen Hawking from his voice synthesizer one of the most remarkable minds of recent times.

One of the most well-known theories of this singular scientist supposes that, after the death of a giant star -20 times bigger than the Sun- there would be a curvature of space and time so deep that it would break these coordinates. After this break, it goes beyond the limits of the known.

In 2014, Hawking described how these strange phenomena were capable of emitting radiation. He even claimed that it was possible to enter any of them and leave unharmed in another part of the Universe. Just last year, the scientist made modifications to this theory and affirmed that two things could happen; The first is that the matter that is close to the hole never enters, but remains in the "horizon of events" that are the limits of the sinister hole. Another is that it could be the entrance to another Universe and by crossing it, we could not return to ours.

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There are still important pending in the improvement of this theory. The truth, however, is that its resolution will be a watershed in understanding about the real and about ourselves.

This scientist born in Oxford, England, has questioned the world as we know it. On the theory described above and on the possible existence of life beyond the Earth, we have heard a lot, but not the small incidents of his own life that remind us that he is as human as we are. Here are some:

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As if it were an omen, he was born in 1942, just 300 years after the birth of Galileo.

In an interview for El Mundo, he said: "I think we will understand the origin and structure of the Universe. In fact, right now we are close to achieving this goal. In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind. "

His father wanted him to study medicine, but to him it seemed a very inexact and boring discipline.

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It is true that I had very low grades in school. However, he had an innate mental capacity for questions concerning the Universe. His classmates nicknamed him "Einstein."

As a child he was extremely curious, he liked to disarm watches, radios, and other devices that he had at home. Since then he showed interest in deciphering how things worked.

Shortly before being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, he met Jane at the University. They soon got married and later had three children.

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He was one of the youngest members of the Royal Society of London when he entered the age of 32.

In 2007 he wrote together with his daughter, Lucy Hawking, "The secret key of the universe" and two years later published "The search for the cosmic treasure of George", both, children's books.

In 1985 he contracted pneumonia. The disease was complicated to the point where he was in a coma for some time. The doctors chose to disconnect him, but his wife refused. As an option they practiced the tracheotomy that left him speechless.

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He was head of the Lucasiana Chair of Mathematics of the University of Cambridge, interestingly, this assignment was given by Isaac Newton.

He was the first quadriplegic to experience zero gravity. At age 65, the company Zero Gravity Corporation provided this unique experience to the scientist.

Stephen Hawking is one of the few scientists with great media coverage. An example of this is his participation in episodes of "The Big Bang Theory", "Star Trek: The new generation" and "The Simpsons".

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As human as we are, Stephen Hawking has given an incredible testimony of how nothing is an impediment to scientific practice. Several journalists have portrayed the humor with which the referent of world science takes the physical situation in which it is during the interviews.