Stephen Hawking became a top physicist while suffering from a...
“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” — Stephen Hawking
At the age of 21, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating disease in which you lose control over your muscles. Given only a few years to live, the future physics genius became severely depressed. His doctors advised him to go on with his studies, but Stephen felt...