Lucy Hawking
Encyclopedia
Lucy Hawking is an English journalist
and novelist. She is the daughter of theoretical physicist
Stephen Hawking
and she lives in London
.
and Russian
at the University of Oxford
, and then commenced work as a journalist. She has worked for New York
magazine and has written for the Daily Mail
, The Telegraph
, The Times
, and the London Evening Standard. She has also worked as a radio journalist.
Hawking has written two novels: Jaded (2004) and Run for Your Life (2005) (also published as The Accidental Marathon).
In 2007, she published George’s Secret Key to the Universe, an adventure story about a small boy called George who finds a way to slip through a computer generated portal and travel around the solar system. Written with her father, Stephen Hawking and his former Ph.D. Student, Christophe Galfard, George’s Secret Key has been translated into 38 languages and published in 43 countries. George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt, a look across the universe for signs of life followed in 2009. Their third children's story will be about "What happened at the Big Bang?"
In April 2008, Hawking participated in NASA’s 50th Birthday lecture series, contributing a talk on children and science education. Based on her experiences in touring worldwide with George's Secret Key, giving talks for children on physics and astronomy, the lecture highlighted the need to engage children in science at an early age.
Hawking won the Sapio Prize for popularizing science, awarded in Rome in October 2008.
She is vice president of the National Star College, a residential foundation which provides care and education for young adults with complex and multiple disabilities and a Friend of the ARC. Hawking is also an FRSA.
Hawking is an administrative staff member of the Autism Research Centre (ARC), which is situated within the School of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry, Section of Developmental Psychiatry, at the University of Cambridge
. She is in charge of Friends of the ARC. She became interested in autism
when her son was diagnosed with the disorder.
In 2010 Arizona State University
appointed Hawking writer-in-residence of its 2011 Origins Project.
.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and novelist. She is the daughter of theoretical physicist
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
and she lives in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Education and career
Hawking studied FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and then commenced work as a journalist. She has worked for New York
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
magazine and has written for the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
, The Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, and the London Evening Standard. She has also worked as a radio journalist.
Hawking has written two novels: Jaded (2004) and Run for Your Life (2005) (also published as The Accidental Marathon).
In 2007, she published George’s Secret Key to the Universe, an adventure story about a small boy called George who finds a way to slip through a computer generated portal and travel around the solar system. Written with her father, Stephen Hawking and his former Ph.D. Student, Christophe Galfard, George’s Secret Key has been translated into 38 languages and published in 43 countries. George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt, a look across the universe for signs of life followed in 2009. Their third children's story will be about "What happened at the Big Bang?"
In April 2008, Hawking participated in NASA’s 50th Birthday lecture series, contributing a talk on children and science education. Based on her experiences in touring worldwide with George's Secret Key, giving talks for children on physics and astronomy, the lecture highlighted the need to engage children in science at an early age.
Hawking won the Sapio Prize for popularizing science, awarded in Rome in October 2008.
She is vice president of the National Star College, a residential foundation which provides care and education for young adults with complex and multiple disabilities and a Friend of the ARC. Hawking is also an FRSA.
Hawking is an administrative staff member of the Autism Research Centre (ARC), which is situated within the School of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry, Section of Developmental Psychiatry, at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. She is in charge of Friends of the ARC. She became interested in autism
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
when her son was diagnosed with the disorder.
In 2010 Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
appointed Hawking writer-in-residence of its 2011 Origins Project.
Children's fiction
These are co-written with her father StephenStephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
.
- George's Secret Key to the UniverseGeorge's Secret Key to the UniverseGeorge's Secret Key to the Universe is a 2007 children's book written by Stephen and Lucy Hawking.Its main characters are George, Eric, Annie, Dr. G. Reeper , and Cosmos, the world's most powerful computer. Cosmos can draw windows allowing people to look into outer space, as well as doors which act...
, (Random House, 2007) ISBN 9780385612708 - George's Cosmic Treasure HuntGeorge's Cosmic Treasure HuntGeorge's Cosmic Treasure Hunt is a 2009 children's book written by Stephen and Lucy Hawking. George and Annie, the middle-school cosmologists, return in this sequel to the 2007 story, George's Secret Key to the Universe.The book was followed by...
, (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2009) ISBN 9781416986713 - George And The Big BangGeorge And The Big BangGeorge And The Big Bang is a book by the British physicist Stephen Hawking with author, and daughter, Lucy Hawking. The book is the third book in the series.-Plot:...
, (DOUBLEDAY, 2011) ISBN 9780385611916