Stephen Hawking - Wikipedia
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.
How Did Stephen Hawking Live So Long with ALS? | TIME
2018年3月14日 · Hawking’s cause of death was likely amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that wears away at nerve and muscle function over time.
Stephen Hawking | Facts, Biography, Books, & Theories | Britannica
2024年12月15日 · In the early 1960s Hawking contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable degenerative neuromuscular disease. He continued to work despite the disease’s progressively disabling effects.
Life With ALS: The Stephen Hawking Story
2023年2月24日 · Stephen William Hawking is one of the most influential and inspirational figures of modern times. Diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at the age of 21, he was told he had only a few years left to live.
Stephen Hawking: Biography, Scientist, Relativity, ALS
2024年7月17日 · At the age of 21, Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease). In a very simple sense, the nerves that controlled his muscles were shutting down.
Overcoming Obstacles: Stephen Hawking Defies the ALS Odds
2015年1月8日 · Long before the neurodegenerative disease ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) became more well-known thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge, it was very much a part of physicist Stephen Hawking’s life.
A brief history of Stephen Hawking - BBC Teach
In March, Professor Stephen Hawking died. For fifty-five years, he defied a disease that should have killed him in five. The time spent since his diagnosis was not just about survival – he ...
Stephen Hawking: A life in pictures - BBC
2018年3月14日 · At the age of 22, he was diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease. As he was preparing to marry his first wife Jane (pictured), doctors predicted he did not have long to live. They...
A life: Hawking defied ALS to become pre-eminent physicist
2018年3月14日 · Hawking owed one part of his fame to his triumph over amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a degenerative disease that eats away at the nervous system. When he was diagnosed aged only 21, he was given only a few years to live.
ALS and Stephen Hawking: Timeline, Quick Facts, and More
2018年5月8日 · He was diagnosed with the disease when he was 21. Even so, he was able to complete his doctorate in 1966 and received a fellowship at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge. It was in 1970 that he discovered that black holes can emit radiation.
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