Sometimes, history's turning points come in blood and gunfire, and sometimes in pen and ink. Dozens of epoch-changing moments are preserved in the library of Britain's Royal Society, an academy of scientists founded in 1660 to gather, discuss and spread scientific knowledge — a role ...

Physicist Stephen Hawking stepped down Wednesday as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University after 30 years in the post. The roughly 350-year-old position has been held by such luminaries as Isaac Newton and Charles Babbage, one of the fathers of modern computing. It is customary for professors ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British physicist Stephen Hawking will step down from one of the most famous academic posts in the world this week. The "Brief History of Time" author is scheduled to leave Cambridge University's Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics, a position that has been held by only 17 men including the father of physics Isaac Newton. Holders of the ...

Acclaimed wheelchair-bound scientist Stephen Hawking is to hand over his top Cambridge University job this week, the prestigious seat of learning said on Wednesday. Hawking, whose book "A Brief History Of Time" became an international best-seller, is standing down as Cambridge's Lucasian professor of mathematics at the age of 67, as stipulated in the terms of the post. Hawking ...