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The university has advertised for a new Lucasian Professor and a =
replacement will be announced shortly.=20

Last November, Hawking accepted a research post at the Perimeter =
Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont. But he was unable to =
make a planned trip this year because of a respiratory infection.=20

Hawking has remained active despite being diagnosed at 21 with an =
incurable degenerative disorder, known as ALS.
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Physicist Stephen Hawking =
stepped down=20
Wednesday as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University =
after 30=20
years in the post. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The roughly 350-year-old =
position has been=20
held by such luminaries as Isaac Newton and Charles Babbage, one of the =
fathers=20
of modern computing. It is customary for professors to retire from the =
post the=20
year they turn 67. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hawking, who reached that age =
in January,=20
will continue to work at the university as director of research at a =
department=20
dealing with applied mathematics and theoretical physics. =
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>"This is an exciting time in =
cosmology with=20
new observational results coming in thick and fast and large-scale =
terrestrial=20
and satellite experiments underway," Hawking said in a statement. "I =
want to=20
make sure this progress is matched by the development of theories of the =

universe which are both mathematically consistent and observationally =
testable."=20
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hawking is famous for his =
research on black=20
holes and his popular works in theoretical physics, including the book =
"A Brief=20
History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes." =
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The university has advertised =
for a new=20
Lucasian Professor and a replacement will be announced shortly.=20
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Last November, Hawking accepted =
a research=20
post at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, =
Ont. But he=20
was unable to make a planned trip this year because of a respiratory =
infection.=20
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hawking has remained active =
despite being=20
diagnosed at 21 with an incurable degenerative disorder, known as=20
ALS.</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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