magine working on a thesis so remarkable that it crashed the websites almost immediately after getting published. Yes, we are talking about Stephen Hawking’s Dissertation, “Properties of an Expanding Universe.” According to Smithson Magazine, Stephen Hawking’s dissertation racked up 60,000 downloads in less than a day after going public. Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical cosmologist, astrophysicist, and author who inspired millions of young minds.