Перевести текст по , stephan hawking, a person on the leading edge, was born january 8, 1942 in oxford, england. he was born on the 300th anniversary of the death of galileo, which has long been a source of pride for the noted physicist. despite he lives in a wheelchair he has done ground-breaking work in physics and cosmology and his several books strive to make science accessible to everyone. stephen was born in a family of thinkers. his mother was one of the first oxford female students. stephan’s father was a respected medical researcher. he wanted his eldest child to go into medicine, but from an early age stephan showed a passion for science and the sky. “stephen always had a strong sense of wonder,” his mother remembered. “and i could see that the stars would draw him.” 2. early in his academic life stephen, while recognized as bright, was not an exceptional student. he loved board games, and with a few close friends created new games of their own. at the age of 16 stephen, along with several buddies, constructed a computer out of recycled parts for solving rudimentary mathematical equations. when he was 17, he entered oxford university. he loved to dance, and took an interest in rowing, becoming a member of the oxford rowing team. by his own account, hawking didn’t put much time into his studies. he would later calculate that he averaged about an hour a day focusing on school. and yet he didn’t really have to do more than that. in 1962, he graduated with honours and moved on to cambridge university for a ph.d. in cosmology.