Hawking — sometimes with colleagues, but mostly alone — has supplied mathematical proofs for many a cosmic phenomenon. He earned international acclaim when he was 27, showing, along with Roger Penrose, that the universe began its life from a...

“Stephen Hawking: A 70th birthday celebration,” features objects and papers primarly sourced from the cosmologist’s own collection which have not been made public till now. The exhibition showcases handwritten notes on work with Roger Penrose, his...

Hawking celebrates his 70th birthday Jan. 20, with museum showing some of his own papers and objects from his archive and his main collaborator Roger Penrose. Hawking, 70, is renowned for his pioneering work on black holes and his best-selling series...

Hawking celebrates his 70th birthday Jan. 20, with museum showing some of his own papers and objects from his archive and his main collaborator Roger Penrose. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) — AP British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking's most famous book...

But it was unclear whether singularities were real or not. Roger Penrose at Birkbeck College in London proved that singularities would indeed form in black holes. Later, Penrose and Hawking applied the same idea to the whole universe and showed that...

Dr. Hawking has numerous scientific achievements, making him a household name and a modern icon of the term “genius.” From Dr. Hawking’s website: Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that...