Question

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1. which detail best describes stephen hawkings upbringing?

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a. \hawking was born in oxford, england, in january 1942.\ paragraph 2
b. \it was common knowledge that family dinners at the hawking house meant silently reading to oneself at the table.\ paragraph 2
c. \the hawking family were all very intelligent; both of his parents studied at oxford university\ paragraph 2
d. \hawking and his friends began constructing their computers with old clock and telephone parts.\ paragraph 3

Explanation:

To find the detail that does NOT describe Stephen Hawking's upbringing, we analyze each option against the text:

1. Option A matches Paragraph 2: "Hawking was born in Oxford, England, in January 1942." This is a fact about his upbringing.
2. Option B matches Paragraph 2: "it was common knowledge that family dinners at the Hawking house meant silently reading to oneself at the table." This is a fact about his upbringing.
3. Option C matches Paragraph 2: "The Hawking family were all very intelligent; both of his parents studied at Oxford University..." This is a fact about his upbringing.
4. Option D states Hawking and his friends "began constructing basic computers with old clock and telephone parts", but Paragraph 3 specifies this happened in 1958, when Hawking was in high school, not during his early upbringing/childhood.

Answer:

D. "Hawking and his friends began constructing basic computers with old clock and telephone parts" (Paragraph 3)