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Stephen Hawking posseses one of the most extraordinary minds in science, housed in a body that has been devastated by the effects of Lou Gehrig's Disease. In this episode of the series The Eminent Scientist, students from sixth grade and up will have the opportunity to hear Hawking discuss one of his favorite subjects (black holes) in an informal fashion. The Eminent Scientist: Stephen Hawking: The Universe Within visits with Hawking on-location at Cambridge, England, where he is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the university, a position once held by Sir Isaac Newton.