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We are entering an increasingly dangerous period of our history. But I'm an optimist.

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Stephen Hawking
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 8
Died: 2018
Died: March 14
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Autobiographer
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Mathematician
Non-Fiction Writer
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Physicist
Science Fiction Writer
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Stephen William Hawking
S. W. Hawking
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