Today in History: 8 January 1942: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford. Even though he was known at school as "Einstein", he was not very successful academically. Over time, he began to show aptitude for science and decided to study Math at University. His father advised him to study medicine. He …
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