When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t exist before the big bang, so there is no time for god to make the universe in. It’s like asking directions to the edge of the earth; The Earth is a sphere; it doesn’t have an edge; so looking for it is a futile exercise. We are each free to believe what we want, and it’s my view that the simplest explanation is; there is no god. No one created our universe,and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization; There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.

doi:10. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009. With time he began to show considerable aptitude for scientific subjects and inspired by Tahta decided to study mathematics at university.

He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking has a motor neurone disease related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a condition that has progressed over the years. Hawking has achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; his A Brief History of Time stayed on the British Sunday Times best-sellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.