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Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 in England and showed an early aptitude for math and science. He studied physics and cosmology at Oxford and Cambridge, and was diagnosed with ALS while pursuing his PhD. Despite being given only a few years to live, Hawking decided to continue his studies and research. He developed theories about black holes, such as Hawking Radiation which demonstrated they emit radiation. Hawking authored the hugely popular 1988 book "A Brief History of Time" explaining modern cosmology concepts to general readers. He has since written many other books while also continuing his scientific research despite being wheelchair-bound and using a computerized voice.

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Progress Test Unit 1 and Unit 2

Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 in England and showed an early aptitude for math and science. He studied physics and cosmology at Oxford and Cambridge, and was diagnosed with ALS while pursuing his PhD. Despite being given only a few years to live, Hawking decided to continue his studies and research. He developed theories about black holes, such as Hawking Radiation which demonstrated they emit radiation. Hawking authored the hugely popular 1988 book "A Brief History of Time" explaining modern cosmology concepts to general readers. He has since written many other books while also continuing his scientific research despite being wheelchair-bound and using a computerized voice.

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PROGRESS TEST UNIT 1 and UNIT 2

GRADE 6 ICM

Name: ____________________
Class code: _________________

Part 1. Reading Comprehension:

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8, 1942. He grew up in a highly educated
family. Both of his parents had attended Oxford University and his father, Frank, was a medical
researcher.

Stephen enjoyed math and science in school where he earned the nickname "Einstein." He wanted to
study math at university but Oxford didn't have a math degree at the time so he chose physics and
chemistry instead. Stephen found college coursework to be very easy. He enjoyed being a member of the
school's boat club as well as classical music. After graduation, he went to Cambridge to study for his
PhD.

Diagnosed with ALS

While Hawking was working on his PhD at Cambridge University, he began to have health issues. His
speech became slurred and he became very clumsy, often dropping items or falling for no reason. After
going through a series of tests, doctors discovered that Hawking had a disease called ALS (also called
Lou Gehrig's disease). At the time, the doctors said he only had a few years to live.
Although Hawking was initially depressed over his diagnosis, he decided that there were things he
wanted to accomplish with his life. He began to study and work harder than ever before. He wanted to
earn his PhD before he died. Around the same time, he met and fell in love with a girl named Jane Wilde.
Between his work and Jane, Hawking had a reason to live.

Despite the initial grim diagnosis from his doctors, Hawking has lived a full and productive life with the
help of science and modern medicine. Although he is confined to a wheelchair and cannot talk, he can
communicate using a touch pad computer and a voice synthesizer.

Black Holes and Hawking Radiation

Stephen spent much of his academic work researching black holes and space-time theories. He wrote
many important papers on the subject and became a noted expert on relativity and black holes. Perhaps
his most famous theory was one that demonstrated that black holes emit some radiation. Prior to this it
was thought that black holes could not get smaller because nothing could escape their enormous gravity.
This radiation from black holes has become known as Hawking Radiation.

You can go here to learn more about black holes.


A Brief History of Time

Stephen also enjoyed writing books. In 1988 he published A Brief History in Time. This book covered
modern subjects on cosmology such as the big bang and black holes in terms that could be understood by
the average reader. The book became very popular selling millions of copies and remaining on the London
Sunday Times best-seller list for four years. He has since written many more books including A Briefer
History in Time, On the Shoulders of Giants, and The Universe in a Nutshell.

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