I divorced my first wife, a language student, after 26 years of marriage with whom I had three children and now a grandson. Then I remarried my nurse who I have also recently divorced.
My scientific career spans more than 40 years and my books and public appearances have made me an academic celebrity. Since 1979 I have held a mathematical professorship, Isaac Newton’s old job at Cambridge University. In 1988, I wrote a popular science book which sold at least 25,000,000 copies, and was probably read by thousands and understood by hundreds.
This year I celebrated my 65th birthday by doing a zero gravity flight which it was the first time in 40 years that I could move freely beyond my wheelchair. In 2009 I want to go on a sub-orbital spaceflight that billionaire Richard Branson has pledged to pay, to encourage increased public interest in space, where I believe the future of the human race is.
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