WATCH Ian and Larissa Murphy Embrace Love in the
Face of TragedyResearching The Theory of
Everything inspired me to share this
local story of love overcoming tragedy.
Ian and Larissa Murphy met in college at
IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
and fell in love. While Ian was working to
save up for a wedding ring, he suffered a
traumatic brain injury following an auto
accident. Before Ian's own father died, he
told Larissa to make a decision. Either
they get married or they split up. This
video tells the story of the decision they
made. |
WATCH Stephen Hawking BiographyThe BIO Channel presents a mini Stephen
Hawking biography video. Learn about his
childhood, his theory on black holes,
living with ALS, and his bestselling
science book A Brief History of
Time. Hawking's most important work
is discussed, including his chief theory
that black holes should emit radiation,
which came to be known as Hawking
Radiation. |
WATCH Stephen Hawking TED Talks Speech:
Questioning the UniverseProfessor Stephen Hawking is featured as
part of the TED Talks series. In this 2008
video, he addresses several big questions
about our universe. How did the universe
begin? How did life begin? Does alien life
exist? Hawking says that in order to
survive as a race we must journey into
space, as one day Earth's resources will
be depleted. |
WATCH Stephen Hawking Interview on Last Week
Tonight with John OliverThis Stephen Hawking interview is from
HBO's Last Week Tonight with John
Oliver. Host Oliver interviews
Hawking as part of the first installment
of Last Week Tonight's "People
Who Think Good" series. Oliver visits
Hawking at Cambridge where they discuss
parallel universes, artificial
intelligence, and Charlize Theron. |
WATCH Stephen Hawking ALS Ice Bucket ChallengeStephen Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert
and Tim, accept the ALS Ice Bucket
Challenge in 2014 on his behalf. Hawking
introduces the video, stating that a 2013
bout with pneumonia would make it unwise
for him to have a bucket of ice water
dumped on his head. |
WATCH The Theory of Everything Trailer 2Starring Eddie Redmayne (Les
Misérables) and Felicity Jones
(The Amazing Spider-Man 2),
The Theory of Everything tells
the story of renowned astrophysicist
Stephen Hawking, exploring his
relationship and marriage to fellow
Cambridge student Jane Wilde and his
struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He was
diagnosed with motor neuron disease when
he was 21. |
WATCH The Theory of Everything TrailerThe Theory of Everything tells
the story of the most celebrated physicist
of our time, Stephen Hawking, and his wife
Jane Wilde, the arts student he fell in
love with when he was attending Cambridge
in the 1960s. At 21, Hawking was diagnosed
with motor neuron disease, otherwise known
as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or
Lou Gehrig's disease, and was given just
two years to live. He married Jane, beat
the odds, and went on to be referred to as
the successor to Einstein, in addition to
being the father of three children. |