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A quiz on the life of Stephen Hawking – how much do you know about the famous physicist?

22 Dec 2021 Laura Hiscott

One popular-science book that caused a splash this year was Hawking Hawking: the Selling of a Scientific Celebrity by Charles Seife. As well as exploring the reasons behind Stephen Hawking’s meteoric rise to fame, the biography offers a glimpse into his personality. Here, Laura Hiscott brings you a quiz about the human side of this cultural icon and national treasure

Stephen Hawking at CERN
Man or myth? Was Stephen Hawking’s public image an accurate portrayal of who he really was, as a physicist and a human being? (© 2006-2020 CERN)
Q: Stephen Hawking was born on the anniversary of the death of a very famous scientist. Which scient

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Laura Hiscott is a freelance science journalist
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