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SCIENCEMay 23 · 05:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDDalya Alberge

Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal

Stephen Hawking's father, Frank Hawking, expressed concern in his diaries about his son's lack of initiative and study habits during his student years. Despite this, Stephen became a renowned physicist and author of the bestselling book A Brief History of Time. The diaries, partly in code, were discovered in a new biography.

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