Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) was a United Kingdom theoretical physicist, cosmologist and astrophysicist.

Overview

The authority record associates the name with atheism. Places of work recorded in the authority include Cambridge. Works named in the authority record include A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, The Universe in a Nutshell and On the Shoulders of Giants. Catalogue entries for printed books state edition, collation, binding and condition. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

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“Stephen Hawking”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q17714: Stephen Hawking
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Record

Kind of record: Author
Born: 1942
Died: 2018
Family: writers
Authority: Q17714
Movements: atheism
Production: one_pass
Nationality: United Kingdom
Occupations: theoretical physicist,cosmologist,astrophysicist,mathematician,pedagogue,science writer,university teacher,writer,physicist,astronomer,television actor,autobiographer
Notable works: A Brief History of Time,Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays,The Universe in a Nutshell,On the Shoulders of Giants,God Created the Integers,The Dreams That Stuff Is Made of: The Most Astounding Papers of Quantum Physics and How They Shook the Scientific World
Work locations: Cambridge
External identifiers: wikidata: Q17714 · wikipedia: Stephen Hawking
Published: 14 August 2026
Last substantive revision: 14 August 2026

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