Steven Universe 9: Cherished Memories

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Steve, now Chief in Charge of the New York Probationary ­Firefighter School, spent weeks at Ground Zero helping at first with the rescue effort, then later with the recovery of bodies. The citation continues, "Other important work by Hawking relates to the interpretation of cosmological observations and to the design of gravitational wave detectors." [411]

He says: “The next day when the list of missing members came out my name was on it, because I was listed as working at my firehouse. That whole day I had friends running up to me, hugging me, crying, so happy for some good news. In 1988, Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan were interviewed in God, the Universe and Everything Else. They discussed the Big Bang theory, God and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. [391] My wife thought I was dead and I couldn’t call her. It wasn’t until about 4pm that day when I managed to find a payphone which was working and I called her to tell her what had happened. Hawking warned that superintelligent artificial intelligence could be pivotal in steering humanity's fate, stating that "the potential benefits are huge... Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. It might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks." [362] [363] He was fearing that "an extremely intelligent future AI will probably develop a drive to survive and acquire more resources as a step toward accomplishing whatever goal it has", and that "The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence. A super-intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren't aligned with ours, we're in trouble". [364] He also considered that the enormous wealth generated by machines needs to be redistributed to prevent exacerbated economic inequality. [364] If you’re giving Steven a sibling, you’ll want something that sounds good with his name. For a brother, consider some of these sibling names.The 2021- animated sitcom The Freak Brothers features a recurring character, Mayor Pimco, who is apparently modeled after Stephen Hawking. [409] J. B. Hartle; S. W. Hawking (December 1983). "Wave function of the Universe". Physical Review D. 28 (12): 2960–2975. Bibcode: 1983PhRvD..28.2960H. doi: 10.1103/PHYSREVD.28.2960. ISSN 1550-7998. Wikidata Q21707690. Hawking was an atheist. [366] [367] In an interview published in The Guardian, Hawking regarded "the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail", and the concept of an afterlife as a "fairy story for people afraid of the dark". [307] [138] In 2011, narrating the first episode of the American television series Curiosity on the Discovery Channel, Hawking declared: Hawking was concerned that he was viewed as a lazy and difficult student. So, when asked at the viva to describe his plans, he said, "If you award me a First, I will go to Cambridge. If I receive a Second, I shall stay in Oxford, so I expect you will give me a First." [64] [66] He was held in higher regard than he believed; as Berman commented, the examiners "were intelligent enough to realise they were talking to someone far cleverer than most of themselves". [64] After receiving a first-class BA degree in physics and completing a trip to Iran with a friend, he began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in October 1962. [26] [67] [68] Post-graduate years Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 [25] [26] in Oxford to Frank and Isobel Eileen Hawking ( née Walker). [27] [28] Hawking's mother was born into a family of doctors in Glasgow, Scotland. [29] [30] His wealthy paternal great-grandfather, from Yorkshire, over-extended himself buying farm land and then went bankrupt in the great agricultural depression during the early 20th century. [30] His paternal great-grandmother saved the family from financial ruin by opening a school in their home. [30] Despite their families' financial constraints, both parents attended the University of Oxford, where Frank read medicine and Isobel read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. [28] Isobel worked as a secretary for a medical research institute, and Frank was a medical researcher. [28] [31] Hawking had two younger sisters, Philippa and Mary, and an adopted brother, Edward Frank David (1955–2003). [32]

Released from the need to use somebody to interpret his speech, Hawking commented that "I can communicate better now than before I lost my voice." [284] The voice he used had an American accent and is no longer produced. [285] [286] Despite the later availability of other voices, Hawking retained this original voice, saying that he preferred it and identified with it. [287] Originally, Hawking activated a switch using his hand and could produce up to 15 words per minute. [151] Lectures were prepared in advance and were sent to the speech synthesiser in short sections to be delivered. [285] Hawking had experienced increasing clumsiness during his final year at Oxford, including a fall on some stairs and difficulties when rowing. [250] [251] The problems worsened, and his speech became slightly slurred. His family noticed the changes when he returned home for Christmas, and medical investigations were begun. [252] [253] The MND diagnosis came when Hawking was 21, in 1963. At the time, doctors gave him a life expectancy of two years. [254] [255]The 33-year-old equity trader left a loving message to mum Anne when people began falling from the windows above. In 2006, Hawking and Mason quietly divorced, [247] [248] and Hawking resumed closer relationships with Jane, his children, and his grandchildren. [181] [248] Reflecting on this happier period, a revised version of Jane's book, re-titled Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, appeared in 2007, [246] and was made into a film, The Theory of Everything, in 2014. [249] Disability

Hawking received numerous awards and honours. Already early in the list, in 1974 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). [6] At that time, his nomination read: Her fire chief Orio, 45, fixed a lift and took it to the 40th floor before traipsing up an incredible 38 flights of stairs with heavy kit. ABC: There were two planes. One went into one tower, one the other. What do you see around you? Are you in smoke? Are you in fire? Hawking had a rare early-onset, slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND; also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord, which gradually paralysed him over decades. [21]

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I knew that not only had many ­civilians died, but many of my friends and colleagues. I rode into lower Manhattan with other members of Squad 288 who had come in and we were almost there when the North Tower came down. Starting in the 1990s, Hawking accepted the mantle of role model for disabled people, lecturing and participating in fundraising activities. [293] At the turn of the century, he and eleven other humanitarians signed the Charter for the Third Millennium on Disability, which called on governments to prevent disability and protect the rights of disabled people. [294] [295] In 1999, Hawking was awarded the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society. [296]

For his communication, Hawking initially raised his eyebrows to choose letters on a spelling card, [279] but in 1986 he received a computer program called the "Equalizer" from Walter Woltosz, CEO of Words Plus, who had developed an earlier version of the software to help his mother-in-law, who also had ALS and had lost her ability to speak and write. [280] In a method he used for the rest of his life, Hawking could now simply press a switch to select phrases, words or letters from a bank of about 2,500–3,000 that were scanned. [281] [282] The program was originally run on a desktop computer. Elaine Mason's husband, David, a computer engineer, adapted a small computer and attached it to his wheelchair. [283] Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of physicians. In October 1959, at the age of 17, he began his university education at University College, Oxford, where he received a first-class BA degree in physics. In October 1962, he began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where, in March 1966, he obtained his PhD degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specialising in general relativity and cosmology. In 1963, at age 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradually, over decades, paralysed him. [20] [21] After the loss of his speech, he communicated through a speech-generating device initially through use of a handheld switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle. [22] Media attention was intense, [156] and a Newsweek magazine-cover and a television special both described him as "Master of the Universe". [157] Success led to significant financial rewards, but also the challenges of celebrity status. [158] Hawking travelled extensively to promote his work, and enjoyed partying and dancing into the small hours. [156] A difficulty refusing the invitations and visitors left him limited time for work and his students. [159] Some colleagues were resentful of the attention Hawking received, feeling it was due to his disability. [160] [161]Exhausted and utterly drained, 9/11 fire chief Steve Sullivan slumps among the rubble to snatch a few seconds’ rest. DOVID: Just hang in there. Just breathe slowly through a towel. You just have to stay calm. As a last resort, break the window just to get a little air in. Hawking did not rule out the existence of a Creator, asking in A Brief History of Time "Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence?", [137] also stating "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason–for then we should know the mind of God"; [138] in his early work, Hawking spoke of God in a metaphorical sense. In the same book he suggested that the existence of God was not necessary to explain the origin of the universe. Later discussions with Neil Turok led to the realisation that the existence of God was also compatible with an open universe. [139] Steve’s name was on the official list of dead and missing, and for hours his family had no idea where he was.