Rest in Peace: World-Renowned Theoretical Physicist, Stephen Hawking Has Died At 76

[Sugar Cookie]

Stephen Hawking, world-renowned theoretical physicist, dies at 76: family

World-renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astronomer and mathematician Stephen William Hawking was born on Jan. 8, 1942, in Oxford, England, The Guardian reported.

He was 76.

Three years after being diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Hawking was still able to complete his doctoral work in theoretical physics at Cambridge University, submitting a thesis on black holes in 1966.

His book, “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes,” was published in 1988.

In 2004, Hawking reversed his original 1966 theory that black holes swallow everything in their path forever and declared that black holes will never support space travel to other universes.

ALS also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is usually fatal after three years. Hawking survived with the disease for over 50 years.

The disease eventually left him paralyzed and completely dependent on others and/or technology for everything: bathing, dressing, eating, mobility and speech. He was able to move only a few fingers on one hand.

To speak, Hawking used a keyboard-operated electronic speech synthesizer adapted to his wheelchair. In an odd twist, the synthesizer gave the British scholar an American accent.

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[Brillig]

Safe journey, Stephen...

 

[Siobhan]

RIP Professor Hawking - Your mind took you to places where even the most able bodied among us could never physically dream of visiting.
My deepest gratitude in having coexisted during your life time, and for you generously sharing your immense understanding of the universe with all of humanity.
You taught us that information never dies, but will always exist within the universe; that because time is circular, each micro-second is eternal; and that because nothing in the universe is perfect, we all exist due to imperfection.
May you now be immortal within time-space, your information and knowledge forever contained within all 11 dimensions, and that you now walk again, among the stars you loved, forevermore.

 

[Sejanus]

Little known fact.
Hawking made a sex tape...