Determination, love, and intelligence. Thousands of people across the world, nay, across history, have exhibited these qualities. But how many of them have acted on that determination, done what they loved, used their intelligence, triumphed over overwhelming adversity? How many of them do we really remember and have what it takes to be the most influential scientist of the 20th and 21st centuries? One person does, and his name is Stephen W. Hawking, the man who made physics the waterhole of people everywhere. …
