#dennis sciama

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“Stephen Hawking was initially very disappointed when he learned that his assigned Doctoral Advisor was Dr. Dennis Sciama. Sciama was a brilliant cosmologist but at the time Hawking felt as though he'd been placed in the wrong field of research. However, Sciama who was known to put his students needs before his own, was always available for guidance and advice and soon proved to be like a second father to Hawking. After his initial diagnosis, Hawking went into a deep depression and it was Sciama who pulled him out of it and pushed him to continue with his work. Sciama even demanded that the Physics Department pay for Hawking's physical therapy sessions so that he could work on his thesis without having to worry about paying for extra medical care. Hawking would always credit Sciama as the man who helped shape his career and he was always the first person Hawking called to rely any new scientific findings he may have happened upon.”