HAWKING LOST HIS VOICE, NOT MIND EXPERT ON THE BLACK HOLES IN SPACE LIGHTS UP WORLD FOR 30 DISABLED STUDENTS.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: April 15, 1996| Author: Glover, Darrell | COPYRIGHT 1996 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Stephen Hawking, world-renowned cosmologist widely recognized for his work on black holes in the universe, yesterday dazzled a group of disabled students at the Pacific Science Center.

Hawking, author of the best seller ``A Brief History of Time,'' told about 30 students how the disease ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, overtook his body, but not his mind.

The progressive and degenerative nerve disease, previously known as Lou Gehrig's disease, primarily aff...

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