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=__ Biography __=

Stephen William Hawking was born on January 8th, 1942. He was born in Oxford, England to Isabel and Frank Hawking. Stephen was a very problematic student. His handwriting was very bad, and his parents and teachers were very angry at him. In 6th grade his parents took him out of school and started to teach him at home with private teachers. His favorite classes were mathematics and physics which he continued studying after high school as well. On his 21st birthday he found out that he has ALS-a muscular dystrophy disease that doesn't affect the brain. And he is the only ALS patient that survived so many years. His specialty is Mathematics and physics. Despite his hard work during the years, he hasn't gotten the Nobel Prize yet, but he did receive the Wolf Prize in 1988. He is known especially by his books, the bestsellers " __ A Brief History of Time __ " and "__Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays__". He also created the big bang theory and even after his theory was proven incorrect, Stephen did not despair and continued to research the universe, a research that helps us today, and will contribute to future. On his last trip to Israel at an interview with Yair Lapid he expressed a wish even to travel to space and check out his theories from up close. Stephan Hawkins is the most successful and amazing physicist known world wide. Despite his difficulties, Stephen succeeds to implement his vision, and become what he is today a teacher, a researcher and a dreamer. True, he cannot talk, he cannot walk, and he is dependant on technology and humans; however Stephen sticks to his faith and vision and spreads his theory all over the world. Even after his theory was proven incorrect, Stephen did not despair. Stephen is living proof that where there's a will there's a way.



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 ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) , Stephen William Hawking  is a British theoretical physicist, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He is known especially by his book, the bestseller " A brief history of time". Hawking is also the only patient at ALS that survived so many years.
 * __ Date of Birth __**** : ** January 8, 1942 ( 1942-01-08 ) (age 65).
 * __ Place of Birth __**** : **Oxford , England .
 * __ Name of Parents __**** : **Frank and Isobel Hawking.
 * __( __****__ Key words __**** ): **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Sylfaen; mso-bidi-font-family: Vrinda">"A brief history of time", cosmology,

=Interview= 1. What kind of student were you been? I was a very problematic student. My handwriting was very bad, and my parents and teachers ware very angry at me. In 6th grade my parent took me out of school and started to teach me at home with private teachers. 2. What was your favorite class? My favorite classes were mathematics and physics which I continued studying after high school as well. 3. What did you want to do in your childhood? I did not know, but something with physics. My father, who was a doctor, wanted me to be a doctor, but I insisted to continue and studying physics. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> 4. What disease do you suffer from? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> I have ALS- a muscular dystrophy disease that doesn't affect the brain. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> How old were you when you diagnosed it? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> 5. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> It was before my 21st birth day. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> 6. People who have ALS usually die 3 years after they were diagnosed the disease, how do you explain the fact that you stay alive that long? I don't know. My personal-special disease takes many years to spread, and I have a very wide brain activity that helps. My family and friends help me and support me as well. 7. Do you think that your disability is an obstacle for you? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: David; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> I think that I am lucky that in my work my disability is not a problem at all. Most of the job is theoretically, and not physical. 8. Why did you come to visit Israel? I waned to see the political situation in my own eyes and not through television and newspaper. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> 9. What do you think about the situation of humanity today? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Sylfaen; mso-hansi-font-family: Sylfaen"> I believe that the human race is in danger, if it won't spread to space. 10. Did you receive any prize because of your hard work? I didn't have any Nobel Prize, but I did receive the Wolf Prize in 1988.

=Speech=

Ladies and Gentlemen. Today we have the honor to meet a one of the most successful and amazing physicist known world wide. Despite his difficulties, Stephen succeeds to implement his vision, and become what he is today a teacher, a researcher and a dreamer. True, he cannot talk, he cannot walk, and he is dependant on technology and humans; however stephen sticks to his faith and vision and spreads his theory all over the world. He has written best-seller books that we all have access to. Moreover, even after his theory was proven incorrect, Stephen did not despair, he continued to research the universe, a research that helps us today, and will contribute to future. Stephen is living proof that where there's a will there's a way!

=Rationale= We choose to write about Stephen William Hawking because we believe he changed the world in many ways. He created a lot of things such as the big bang theory, and wrote a lot of books about the world, in order to help simple people like us understand how the world works. For instance, in his book "A brief history of time" he explains how the universe was created. Stephen Hawking is one of the few scientists that touch in many people, and doesn’t confine himself to the scientific world. Furthermore, the fact that he is physically challenged also helps him effect people all over the world, Yet it doesn’t disturb him from being accepted as on of the most important and intellectual scientific minds in the world.

=Reflection = In the project we learned about a special person who is call- Stephen hawking. Stephen is a great physicist that added a lot to the science world. __ We learned from working on the project: __ - Writing skills - Vocabulary level - English language skills. The work on the paper wasn't so difficult and in the times it was a little difficult the teacher helps us. We have enough time for the paper and we got help and support prom the teacher. We understand the instructions and the assignments where clear and fair. We very enjoyed working on this project because we choose an interesting subject with a lot of information.

=Bibliography=

"A brief history of mine." __Professor Stephen Hawkins's website__. http://www.hawking.org.uk/about/aindex.html. "Stephen hawking." __caltech public events__. http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/336/articles/Volume%203/10-16-03/hawking.html. "Stephen Hawking." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. 25 Mar 2008, 21:05 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 26 Mar 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Hawking&oldid=200891091. "Stephen Hawking-Biography." __British Embassy Tel Aviv__. http://www.britemb.org.il/hawking/HBiography.htm.