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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question/s that follow:[/passage-header]Stephen Hawking (born January $$8,1942)$$ was a British scientist, professor and author who performed groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology, and whose books helped to make science accessible to everyone. At the age of $$21$$, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis $$(ALS)$$. Part of his life story was depicted in the $$2014$$ film The Theory of Everything.
Over the years, Stephen Hawking wrote or co-wrote a total of $$15$$ books. A few of the most noteworthy include:

'A Brief History of Time'
In $$1988$$ Hawking catapulted to international prominence with the publication of A Brief History of Time. The short, informative book became an account of cosmology for the masses and offered an overview of space and time, the existence of God and the future. The work was an instant success, spending more than four years atop the 'London Sunday Times' best-seller list. Since its publication, it has sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than $$40$$ languages.
A Brief History of Time also wasn't as easy to understand as some had hoped. So in $$2001$$, Hawking followed up his book with The Universe in a Nutshell, which offered a more illustrated guide to cosmology's big theories.

'A Briefer History of Time'
In $$2005$$, Hawking authored the even more accessible A Briefer History of Time, which further simplified the original work's core concepts and touched upon the newest developments in the field like String theory.

'Stephen Hawking was a versatile personality'. Justify.

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At the age of 21, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He couldn't walk without help first and after a point he was restricted to a wheelchair and couldn't speak anymore. In spite of the physical limitations, he found a way out, by taking the help of a computer-based communication system. In that state, he wrote and co-wrote 15 books, the first one being on the best-seller list for four years. When the first book wasn't as easy to understand for some, he followed up with two other books to further simplify his theories. This way we can say that Stephen Hawking was a versatile personality.

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