Stephen Hawking gained worldwide fame with his book the Brief History of Time (from Big Bang to Black Hole). More than his integration of two great discoveries in the history of physics - Einstein's Theory of Relativity and the principle of quantum mechanics, what made him great is his resistance to accept the status quo. First, the deteriorating condition of his body as he was suffering from a fatal condition, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - the progressive degeneration of the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. As this fatal disease progressed, he had lost his capacity to write, thus, he had no choice but to keep all the mathematical formulas and equations over his head! What a genius! Second, his gift for inquiry led him to his quest for his answers to his query on how the universe started - his resistance for accepting man's finity in knowing the universe. His important contribution ( with the help of his equally brilliant colleagues and graduate students) was the unity of relativity theory and quantum mechanics in the process of the birth of this universe and within the context of the entity called blackhole.
Blackholes came from the collapse of a large entity to a very small (as in smaller than atom) dense "particle". The particle then, as it became very small and consequently very dense, spread out to form what we refer as the blackhole. At the edge of the blackhole were subatomic particles (enter the quantum mechanics)..... Hay, I believe that the accuracy of what i am trying to impart is not that of any academician or scientist could provide. I am not credentialed in any manner! I am just a mere fan of Mr. Hawking. Who could have thought that he will battle his fatal condition in that way ( contributing great discovery in physics )?
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