Definition: Meaning of, Hawking, Stephen in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈhɔːkɪŋ /
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(1942- ) a British scientist who has developed important new ideas about RELATIVITY and BLACK HOLE s . He has continued working even though he suffers from a serious disease of the NERVOUS SYSTEM, and he uses a special computer system in order to talk. He wrote an extremely popular book called A Brief History of Time (1988), in which he explains his ideas about how the universe and time began and how they have developed.