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Hawking’s office at the University of Cambridge was a universe of its own, filled with memorabilia, books, a chalkboard and the colleagues who orbited him, drinking tea and coffee, socializing and sharing in his scientific research. Hawking, who had motor neuron disease, reigned from a wheelchair packed with technology that helped him speak, breathe and move.