Stephen Hawking: How an Astrophysicist Became a Global Pop-Culture Icon

For all his theories about the cosmos, Stephen Hawking may be remembered as much for his assessment of Homer Simpson's "donut-shaped universe" as his groundbreaking work on the nature of time and existence of parallel dimensions – and that's just one of Hawking's many contributions to a surprisingly robust comedic legacy.

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