Stephen Hawking, the world's leading theoretical physicist, was among a group of 16 to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award.The medal honors those who have ...

Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist and Cambridge professor, has been honoured by Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian award.

Renowned Cambridge University physicist Stephen Hawking has been awarded the United States' highest civilian honour. The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics is one of 16 recipients of the 2009 ...

The Presidential Medal of Freedom; The Presidential Medal of Freedom. 3 minute read. Frances Romero. August 12, 2009 12:00 AM EDT. ... world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, ...

His scholarship on gravitational singularity theorems and the composition of black holes earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ... "Stephen Hawking Dies at 76; His Mind Roamed the Cosmos." ...

Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, was awarded the 2009 Presidential Medal ...

Stephen Hawking was awarded America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at the White House. The Cambridge University theoretical physicist was among sixteen prominent ...

Stephen Hawking, the physicist and Cambridge professor, has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour by Barack Obama.