This is a tearjerker with excellent acting. I admire Hawking very much,
Inspired by the site: https://owlcation.com/stem/What-Discoveries-Were-Made-by-Stephen-Hawking
Work together:
1. What do you know about Stephen Hawking? What's your opinion about him?
2. What do you know about his health conditions? Does it make his discoveries less or more impressive? Or it just does not matter?
Read about his disease: Stephen was diagnosed with ALS, a form of Motor Neurone
Disease, shortly after his 21st birthday. In spite of being wheelchair
bound and dependent on a computerised voice system for communication Stephen
Hawking continues to combine family life (he has three children and three
grandchildren), and his research into theoretical physics together with an extensive
programme of travel and public lectures. He still hopes to make it into
space one day.
3. Read about Hawking most important contributions and opinions about the world. Tell each other what his beliefs are and how you think his contributions might help the world.
Stephen Hawking's main contributions to the field of physics
and cosmology lie in the studies of:
The origins of the universe and Time.
The Big Bang theory. The big Bang theory says that the universe of matter and energy began at a single point, which reached a critical mass, then exploded outward. The universe continues to expand.
The universe began with a gravitational singularity, which are more common in the universe than we think.
Stephen Hawking postulated the existence of radiation, emitting through the black hole and coming out the other side. This is now accepted science.
The universe has no space/time boundaries.
There is no god. he doesn't believe that there was a God who created the universe. He doesn't believe in any sort of afterlife; he doesn't believe in heaven or hell. He does, however, believe in a grand celestial order to things, could we but understand it. He believes that there is a grand design to all the systems of the universe, and to life itself.
Stephen Hawking is dearly beloved in the common world by sci-fi fans and outer space enthusiasts, because he is a strong proponent of the likelihood of extraterrestrial life. He postulates that the earth has already been visited by extraterrestrial life in the form of viruses. We have a failure of imagination when it comes to extraterrestial life in fiction and in movies. We just can't imagine intelligent life that isn't humanoid, it seems. Stephen Hawking thinks that should we be visited by intelligent alien life, it might be the worse for us. "Like Columbus discovering America," he says. "That didn't turn out so well for the native Americans."
The origins of the universe and Time.
The Big Bang theory. The big Bang theory says that the universe of matter and energy began at a single point, which reached a critical mass, then exploded outward. The universe continues to expand.
The universe began with a gravitational singularity, which are more common in the universe than we think.
Stephen Hawking postulated the existence of radiation, emitting through the black hole and coming out the other side. This is now accepted science.
The universe has no space/time boundaries.
There is no god. he doesn't believe that there was a God who created the universe. He doesn't believe in any sort of afterlife; he doesn't believe in heaven or hell. He does, however, believe in a grand celestial order to things, could we but understand it. He believes that there is a grand design to all the systems of the universe, and to life itself.
Stephen Hawking is dearly beloved in the common world by sci-fi fans and outer space enthusiasts, because he is a strong proponent of the likelihood of extraterrestrial life. He postulates that the earth has already been visited by extraterrestrial life in the form of viruses. We have a failure of imagination when it comes to extraterrestial life in fiction and in movies. We just can't imagine intelligent life that isn't humanoid, it seems. Stephen Hawking thinks that should we be visited by intelligent alien life, it might be the worse for us. "Like Columbus discovering America," he says. "That didn't turn out so well for the native Americans."
4. Watch the movie segment and prepare a speech that reflects your opinions about Hawking, and the pros and cons of his ideas. Have a reporter present the most important points of your discussion.
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