1. Stephen Hawking
(Evans, p.127) Stephen Hawking wanted to study mathematics and physics in a university, but his father believed that there would not be any jobs in mathematics and thus Hawking took physics and chemistry, and only a bit of math. Another reason he didn't do mathematics is because when he attended University College, Oxford in 1959 they didn't do mathematics. ... In 1975 Hawking was elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics once held by Isaac Newton. ... Hawking said that "Equations are necessary if you are doing accountancy, but they are the boring part of Mathematics. ...
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