Question: On March 14th, 2018, the famous British physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking passed away. The name of the book written by him is-
(a) A Brief History of Black Hole
(b) A Brief History of Time
(c) A Brief History of Science
(d) A Brief History of Big Bang
Answer: (b)
Related Facts
- On March 14th, 2018, the famous British physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking passed away. He was 76 years old.
- He was born on January 8th, 1942 in the UK.
- That year, in 1963, at the age of 21, he suffered with a rare form of motor neurone disease which caused many parts of his body paralyzed.
- He played an important role in understanding general relativity, black hole and big bang theory.
- ‘A Brief History of Time’ was a famous book written by him.
- Due to its high sales, it was also included in Guinness Book of World Records.
- In the year 2014, the movie ‘The Theory of Every Thing’ was made on his life, in which Eddie Redman played hawking, for which he received the Oscar award for Best Actor.
Reference:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008