Month: March 2019
The Life and Times and Trials and Tribulations of Stephen Hawking
The Whirling Ways of Stars That Pass Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo. In October 1962, Stephen arrived at the University of Cambridge to do research in cosmology. No one else was doing work in that field at the time. During his career, he went on to gain many prestigious titles, such as: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (1979-2009) and Fellow of the Royal…
The Life and Times and Trials and Tribulations of Stan Lee
Excelsior! (Published by me in November 2018) Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 1922. His childhood was greatly marred by the Great Depression, influencing the way he upheld work and life. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. At the young age of 17, Lee got a job working as a script writer for Timely Comics, what would later become known as…