Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking is considered one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein, which was his nickname at school. Hawking was born on National Pi Day, the day Albert Einstein died 63 years before. Both beloved and world-renown scientists, who defied and enrichened humanity’s understanding of the universe. Both published essential papers and pushed our knowledge beyond in matters of relativity, time space, light waves, black holes, philosophy, Hawking radiation, field theory, quantum mechanics, electromagnetic fields; among many others. But how did they differ, other than in the particularities of their studies? Here are some contrasting facts about two men who were not just “all work and no play.”