About Stephen Hawking:
Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time.
Stephen HawkingIt now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time.
Stephen HawkingMost people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics.
Stephen Hawking