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thanks to him we know more about black
holes life beyond the stars and The
Theory of Everything welcome to watch
mod.com and today we're counting down
our picks for the top 10 mind-blowing
facts about Steven Hawking but the
discoveries of the Kepler Mission
suggest that there are billions of
habitable planets in our galaxy alone
for this list we'll be focusing on one
of the greatest Minds in science by
looking at a few fascinating facts about
the man himself I made a boo boo and I
gave it to Steven
Hawking great another
fainter number 10 he believes in aliens
in your estimation what's the
probability of finding intelligent alien
life in the next 20 years years and why
the probability is
low probably the universe is dizzyingly
immense something Steven Hawking knows
as much as anyone with that in mind
Hawking thinks it's very likely that
intelligent alien life exists somewhere
however while the cosmologist believes
in that possibility he also thinks
humans should be careful about trying to
contact them why because he posits that
such life forms would likely try to D
destroy us or at least ravage Earth for
resources in 2010 Hawking publicly
stated his concern comparing invading
alien civilizations and the effect on
humans to Columbus Landing in America
and the effect on Native Americans so if
aliens ever visit us I think the outcome
would be much as when Christopher
Columbus first landed in
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America which didn't turn out very well
for the Native Americans even so he
supported breakthrough listen a research
program dedicated to finding alien life
finding but not contacting if Hawking
has his way can there be a peace between
usace
no number nine he's a pop culture icon
but then I said in that frame of
reference the perion of mercury would
have processed in the opposite
diretion while an increasing number of
scientists today are developing public
personas of their own none has managed
to make an impact quite like Steven
Hawking
I'll of for years he's been making
public appearances and guest starring on
popular TV shows like The Simpsons
Futurama The Big Bang Theory and Star
Trek the day that Apple fell on my head
was the most momentous day in the
history of science
not the Apple story again these cameos
often showcase his staggering
intelligence and trademark dry humor
alongside some light good-natured
self-deprecation silence I don't need
anyone to talk for me except this voice
box you have clearly been corrupted by
power as a result he's become something
of a household name for people of all
ages references to the scientist can
also be found in a number of songs
Comics video games movies and more
proving he has permeated nearly every
facet of Pop Culture that's nice too bad
it's wrong number eight he's a betting
man I call you are bluffing and you will
lose wrong again Albert Steven Hawking
loves Making Science bets thing is his
track record kind of sucks for example
he once bet that the existence of the
higs ban would never be proven FYI the
higs ban was found by C in 2012 thanks
to the Large Hadron Collider before that
hacking teamed with fellow theoretical
physicist Kip Thorne in a bet against
John presal about the black hole
information Paradox basically the
question was does the information that
falls into black holes get destroyed
Hawking and Thorne said yes presal said
no though the original bet went public
in 1997 it wasn't until 2004 that
Hawking officially conceded admitting
his opinion on the matter had evolved
for for his win presal went home with a
shiny new baseball encyclopedia all
right got to it something like this
number seven he was a mediocre student
Stephen are you aware that you
voluntarily embarked upon a PhD in
physics at the most prestigious College
in England yes oh I thought maybe slept
through the induction or something like
many of our greatest thinkers school was
initially not a great time for Steven
Hawking he was at best middle of the
pack when it came to his grades have you
even bothered stepen in 2010 Professor
Hawking readily ad admitted that he was
a lazy student from grade school all the
way to his time at Oxford and didn't
really learn how to read until he was
eight I wasn't the best student at all
my handwriting was bad and I could be
lazy even so his schoolmates nicknamed
him Einstein clearly seeing his
potential for greatness fortunately one
math teacher inspired him sparking his
interest in both Math and Science there
was an inspirational math teacher Mr
T he opened my eyes to the blueprint of
the universe itself once he was
diagnosed with ALS Hawking really began
to consider his own mortality so he
focused on his work to make something of
himself in the time he had left I have
spent my life attempting to unlock the
mysteries of the universe number six he
was a star rower while at Oxford a young
Steven Hawking was Finding himself bored
with classes and in need of social
interaction in an effort to try
something new he joined the school's
boat club before his illness he was one
of the most important members of the
crew the coxen which with his strong
voice and slight build was an ideal role
for him Hawking actually proved to be a
bit Reckless steering his crew through
narrow spaces and often damaging the
boats as a result one of his crewmates
even labeled him The Adventurous type
and one
two three r his dedication made him very
popular with his crew and soon his
social life was booming with parties and
friendly practical
joking he
almost number five he's British the
casting of British actor Eddie redm as
Hawking for the 2014 biopic The Theory
of Everything may have surprised some
people probably after all the
computerized voice we know and love has
an accent that's decidedly not British
this has become my trademark and I
wouldn't change it for a more natural
voice with a British accent however
Steven Hawking was born and raised in
England so where' the accent go in 1985
he underwent a life-saving tracheotomy
after Contracting pneumonia
unfortunately the operation robbed him
of his ability to speak he eventually
began using a specialized computer
program to communicate and the synthetic
voice he adopted as his own spoke with
an American accent but then I got a
speech synthesizer which was designed
for a telephone directory service there
have since been many upgrades to his
method of communication but Hawking has
kept this voice as part of his identity
it's even been copyrighted I don't like
your tone if you are looking for trouble
you found it yeah just try me you number
four he's a prolific writer even though
he can't physically write or speak my
old system worked well and I wrote five
books with it including A Brief History
of Time which was on the Sunday Times
best seller list for over 5 years longer
than any other
book The Bible and Shakespeare don't
count apparently though he was already
famous within the scientific Community
Steven Hawking truly came to the
Public's attention in 1988 with the
release of his seminal Popular Science
book A Brief History of Time he had
wanted to write a science book that
would actually connect with readers and
he succeeded eded covering everything
from black holes to Quantum Theory it
became a bestseller spending almost 150
weeks on the New York Times bestseller
list and selling over 10 million copies
and it's been suggested that Steven
Hawkings stole his Brief History of
Time for my fourth grade paper however
what's even more impressive is the fact
that this comprehensive work was
completed after Hawking was almost fully
paralyzed and unable to speak he's since
gone on to author many other books incl
including George's Secret Key to the
universe a science book for children
number three his speech synthesizer is
state of the art who is talking to me
right now is it you or is it a sentient
computer pretending to talk on your
behalf it's me although it's not his own
Steven Hawking's synthesized voice is
instantly recognizable to anyone who
hears it it's a little hard to read your
tone of voice when you say that are you
being sarcastic yes that's because
despite his medical issues his amazing
speech generating device allows him to
communicate the first model worked
entirely via a clicker clutched in his
hand which led him select words and
commands on a device attached to his
wheelchair however alss ravaged
Hawking's body ultimately robbing him of
the use of his clicking hand this
resulted in an update that allowed him
to choose words by moving his cheek
muscle as his condition declined further
a crack team at Intel added more updates
thanks to much trial and error
ultimately making it possible for him to
more quickly open documents construct
sentences and prepare full lectures now
and tell have written a new program aat
which uses predictive text to speed up
writing number two he's never won a
Nobel Prize Steph Hawkings name is
synonymous with genius his theories have
helped Advance our understanding of the
universe and yet his trophy case is
missing one of the highest honors in
science yes as shocking as it may sound
Hawking has yet to be awarded a Nobel
Prize they can't be right I I don't make
arithmetic
mistakes are you saying I do but don't
worry he has earned some other great
distinctions becoming a fellow of the
Royal Society in 1974 and receiving 12
honorary degrees over the years for
example I have never won a Nobel price
oh wow that doesn't seem fair it's fine
I've been on the simp
however his best known work is the
theory that predicts that black holes
emit radiation nicknamed Hawking
radiation and are gradually evaporating
because Nobel prizes are reserved for
confirmed discoveries and Hawking
radiation is still technically
theoretical No Award has yet been
granted um you've stated that you
believe there could be an infinite
number of parallel universes does that
mean that there is a universe out there
where I am smarter than you yes and also
a universe where you're funny number one
he's alive after noticing some Newfound
clumsiness and slurred speech stevenh
Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Garrick's
disease also known as amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis or Als in
1963 the doctors told the ambitious
21-year-old that he only had 2 years to
live shortly before this bad news he'd
met a pretty girl at a party despite his
diagnosis he and Jane wild began dating
and were soon engaged which Hawking
credits with giving him something to
live for Against All Odds Hawking
continued to try to live normally for as
long as possible ALS did eventually take
its toll but not his life thanks to
groundbreaking technology and the help
of family and friends over 50 years
later he's still defying the odds look
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