During the month of January was released in the film “The Theory of Everything”. The movie tells a bit about the life of physicist Stephen Hawking, his discoveries about time, his romance with first wife Jane Wide and the progress of his degenerative motor disease.

The Theory of Everything

Based on Jane Wide’s “Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen,” the movie “The Theory of Everything” depicts Stephen Hawking’s life from 1963 onwards. A cosmology student at Cambridge University, Stephen sought a simple and complete explanation of the universe. It was at this time that the physicist met Jane Wide and began his romance with the art student.

At age 21, Hawking discovered that he had a degenerative motor disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease). At the time, the diagnosis gave Stephen an expectation of two more years of life. From then on he and Jane joined in a life of unshakeable love and support to overcome illness and make Stephen continues his studies and theories..

Stephen Hawking

Reference when it comes to Physics and Cosmology, Hawking never let his illness get in the way of his studies. Doctor of Physics, Stephen has received numerous awards in the scientific area, in addition to launching several books and theories. Among them, the best known is “A Brief History of Time”, where he talks about the origin of the Universe, but in a simple language, for lay people.

About the movie “The Theory of Everything,” Stephen Hawking published on their official Facebook page that was an “intense emotional experience” and also said it was the “closest reach of time travel.” On the performance of Eddie Redmayne, who plays Stephen himself, he even stated that “sometimes I thought he was me.” A good sign, isn’t it?

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