Stephen Hawking Is a Theoretical Physicist Who Is Confined to a Wheelchair

question 66

Multiple Choice

Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist who is confined to a wheelchair due to Lou Gehrig's disease and must "speak" by controlling a speech synthesizer through cheek movements. Even with this disability, Dr. Hawking is able to continue to advance our understanding of the universe, which illustrates how human intelligence

• A)is innate.
• B)would not be realized without learning being a continual process.
• C)is less important than our motivation to succeed.
• D)makes us adaptable to different situations.

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