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In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

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Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.