Copley Medal
Award given by the Royal Society of London
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| 2020 | Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. |
| 2018 | Wrote foreword for 'The Map and the Territory: Exploring the foundations of science, thought and reality' by Shyam Wuppuluri and Francisco Antonio Doria, published by Springer. |
| 2018 |
Stephen Hawking
Published posthumously 'Brief Answers to the Big Questions', his final book addressing fundamental scientific and philosophical questions.
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| March 14 2018 |
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home in Cambridge at the age of 76, with his family present.
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| 2017 | Awarded the Commandino Medal at Urbino University (Italy) for contributions to the history of science. Received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree (DSc) from the University of Edinburgh. |
| 2016 | Published 'Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe', examining contemporary physics theories. |
| 2015 | Awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa (Dr.h.c.) by CINVESTAV (Mexico). |
| 2015 |
David Brewster
A street within the Kings Buildings complex at Edinburgh University was named in memory of David Brewster.
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| 2015 |
David Brewster
Brewster appears as a character in the video game Assassin's Creed Syndicate, where he is portrayed as a scientist working for an opposing faction and is assassinated by the protagonist Evie Frye.
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| 2014 |
Stephen Hawking
Biographical feature film 'The Theory of Everything' was released, starring Eddie Redmayne and documenting Hawking's life and scientific career.
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| 2013 |
Stephen Hawking
Hawking was featured in the documentary 'Hawking'.
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| June 2013 | Wrote foreword for 'Beating the Odds: The Life and Times of E. A. Milne' by Meg Weston Smith, published by World Scientific Publishing Co. |
| 2012 | Awarded the Richard R. Ernst Medal by ETH Zürich (Switzerland). Received honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degrees from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine). |
| December 2012 | Wrote foreword for 'A Computable Universe' by Hector Zenil, published by World Scientific Publishing Co. |
| 2011 | Elected to the American Philosophical Society and awarded the Fonseca Prize by the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). |
| 2010 | Published 'Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe', presenting a novel perspective on cosmological theories. |
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