Office manager Brian’s message said: “A plane crashed into the Trade Center. It’s on fire, and I’m in it, and I can’t breathe. Tell everyone I love them, and if I don’t get out... goodbye.”

Hey Mom. I’m sure you’ve heard a plane crashed into World Trade Center One. I’m obviously alive and well but obviously pretty scared. Hawking met his future wife, Jane Wilde, at a party in 1962. The following year, Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. In October 1964, the couple became engaged to marry, aware of the potential challenges that lay ahead due to Hawking's shortened life expectancy and physical limitations. [120] [220] Hawking later said that the engagement gave him "something to live for". [221] The two were married on 14 July 1965 in their shared hometown of St Albans. [81] Hawking was concerned that he was viewed as a lazy and difficult student. So, when asked at the viva to describe his plans, he said, "If you award me a First, I will go to Cambridge. If I receive a Second, I shall stay in Oxford, so I expect you will give me a First." [64] [66] He was held in higher regard than he believed; as Berman commented, the examiners "were intelligent enough to realise they were talking to someone far cleverer than most of themselves". [64] After receiving a first-class BA degree in physics and completing a trip to Iran with a friend, he began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in October 1962. [26] [67] [68] Post-graduate years

Hawking continued to travel widely, including trips to Chile, Easter Island, South Africa, Spain (to receive the Fonseca Prize in 2008), [183] [184] Canada, [185] and numerous trips to the United States. [186] For practical reasons related to his disability, Hawking increasingly travelled by private jet, and by 2011 that had become his only mode of international travel. [187]

Jill did finally manage to speak to him after hearing the message. She went on to have another daughter, Jamie. Further information: Stephen Hawking in popular culture Hawking in Monty Python's " Galaxy Song" video at the comedy troupe's 2014 reunion show, Monty Python Live (Mostly) Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 [25] [26] in Oxford to Frank and Isobel Eileen Hawking ( née Walker). [27] [28] Hawking's mother was born into a family of doctors in Glasgow, Scotland. [29] [30] His wealthy paternal great-grandfather, from Yorkshire, over-extended himself buying farm land and then went bankrupt in the great agricultural depression during the early 20th century. [30] His paternal great-grandmother saved the family from financial ruin by opening a school in their home. [30] Despite their families' financial constraints, both parents attended the University of Oxford, where Frank read medicine and Isobel read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. [28] Isobel worked as a secretary for a medical research institute, and Frank was a medical researcher. [28] [31] Hawking had two younger sisters, Philippa and Mary, and an adopted brother, Edward Frank David (1955–2003). [32] Hawking warned that superintelligent artificial intelligence could be pivotal in steering humanity's fate, stating that "the potential benefits are huge... Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. It might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks." [362] [363] He was fearing that "an extremely intelligent future AI will probably develop a drive to survive and acquire more resources as a step toward accomplishing whatever goal it has", and that "The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence. A super-intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren't aligned with ours, we're in trouble". [364] He also considered that the enormous wealth generated by machines needs to be redistributed to prevent exacerbated economic inequality. [364]

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If you’re giving Steven a sibling, you’ll want something that sounds good with his name. For a brother, consider some of these sibling names. Hawking was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984), [412] the American Philosophical Society (1984), [413] and the United States National Academy of Sciences (1992). [414]

They had some men having medicals and needed cover so that was the reason I was switched and that decision obviously saved my life. I was driving and I had a music station on and it was ­interrupted to say a plane had gone into one of the World Trade Center buildings and there was a fire. By the 1980s, Hawking's marriage had been strained for many years. Jane felt overwhelmed by the intrusion into their family life of the required nurses and assistants. [236] The impact of his celebrity status was challenging for colleagues and family members, while the prospect of living up to a worldwide fairytale image was daunting for the couple. [237] [181] Hawking's views of religion also contrasted with her strong Christian faith and resulted in tension. [181] [238] [239] After a tracheotomy in 1985, Hawking required a full-time nurse and nursing care was split across 3 shifts daily. In the late 1980s, Hawking grew close to one of his nurses, Elaine Mason, to the dismay of some colleagues, caregivers, and family members, who were disturbed by her strength of personality and protectiveness. [240] In February 1990, Hawking told Jane that he was leaving her for Mason, [241] and departed the family home. [143] After his divorce from Jane in 1995, Hawking married Mason in September, [143] [242] declaring, "It's wonderful–I have married the woman I love." [243] I knew that not only had many ­civilians died, but many of my friends and colleagues. I rode into lower Manhattan with other members of Squad 288 who had come in and we were almost there when the North Tower came down.My wife thought I was dead and I couldn’t call her. It wasn’t until about 4pm that day when I managed to find a payphone which was working and I called her to tell her what had happened. The name Steven has many origins, such as Greek, English, Dutch, Scottish, and German (1). Greek is the most commonly known due to the meaning of “crown” in that language. You might like the overall timeless feeling of the name Steven but want something different for your child. Some similar names in sound or style include: The 33-year-old equity trader left a loving message to mum Anne when people began falling from the windows above. The citation continues, "Other important work by Hawking relates to the interpretation of cosmological observations and to the design of gravitational wave detectors." [411]