Cambridge in the Cold War

The atlas holds 3 people and 6 moments here, from 1947 to 1975. The most recorded lives are Douglas Adams, Stephen Hawking and Alan Turing.

Notable people

1. Douglas Adams

   from 1952 to 1974

   3 moments here

   English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…

2. Stephen Hawking

   from 1966 to 1975

   2 moments here

   English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

3. Alan Turing

   in 1947

   1 moment here

   English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…

Moments

1. 1947 Cambridge sabbatical return Alan Turing
2. 1952 Birth in Cambridge Douglas Adams
3. 1966 PhD and fellowship at Gonville and Caius Stephen Hawking
4. 1971 Entered St John's College Douglas Adams
5. 1974 Graduated from Cambridge Douglas Adams
6. 1975 Return to Cambridge as reader Stephen Hawking

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