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{{quote|''"I'm working on that."''|'''Stephen Hawking''', on seeing the warp core when touring the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' set.}}
Born 8 January 1942 in Oxford, Stephen Hawking, [[Try to Fit That on A Business Card|CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA]],
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Hawking was at one point offered a [[Knight Fever|knighthood]], but turned it down in protest of the state of science education in Britain. He was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and a Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour, but neither of those qualify one as a knight.
For a professional physicist, he wrote a notably large number of popular books - [[w:Stephen Hawking#Publications|Wikipedia has a list]].
[[Epic Rap Battles of History|He's got 12 inch rims on his chair, that's how he rolls, y'all.]] No, he actually ''does''. You thought they were joking?▼
▲[[Epic Rap Battles of History|He's got 12 inch rims on his chair, that's how he rolls, y'all.]] No, he actually ''
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Subverted hard. Even though Lou Gehrig's disease is this played straight, just by having enough sight, hearing and enough eye movement to control his computer (which does the communicating for him) he is still able to live an active scientifically-contributing life to the world at large. Those thought experiments with scientific theories also stave off the boredom that comes with ordinary [[And I Must Scream]].▼
Stephen Hawking died in 2018, on 14th March (Pi Day), after living 55 years longer than was predicted upon his diagnosis.
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▲* [[And I Must Scream]]: Subverted hard. Even though Lou Gehrig's disease is this played straight, just by having enough sight, hearing and
* [[Badass Boast]]: Upon seeing the Warp-Core during his tour of the set of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'';
{{quote|'''Hawking''': I'm working on that...}}
* [[Colbert Bump]]: His appearances on popular science fiction series and cartoons have undoubtedly made ''him'' more famous than any projects he has worked on or contributed to.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
** [[Disabled Snarker]]
* [[Determinator]]: At 21, he was told he had (at most) a year left to live. Ordinary people would consider suicide when diagnosed with an [[And I Must Scream]]-causing disease that [[Despair Event Horizon|cannot be cured]]. He
* '''[[Genius Cripple]]''': The [[Trope Codifier]] for modern portrayals and interpretations of this trope.
* [[Machine Monotone]]
* [[Nerd Glasses]]
* [[Not So Above It All]]: He
* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]: Amazingly enough, he never had any doctorate other than honorary degrees. When he was first diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, he felt pursuing such a degree would be a waste of time and money, as he'd have likely died before such a degree would benefit him, if he even finished it. Seems everyone is wrong sometimes...
* [[One of Us]]: A huge fan of ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', the former two of which he
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