Ο Βρετανός φυσικός Stephen Hawking, ο οποίος είναι γνωστός για την πρωτοποριακή του εργασία στην εξήγηση της μαύρης τρύπας και της σχετικότητας, πέθανε σήμερα στην ηλικία των 76 ετών στο σπίτι του στο Cambridge.
Stephen Hawking has been in a wheelchair since the 60s after contracting motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He then lost his voice in a tracheotomy.
But none of these tragedies stopped him from continuing his pioneering work. He was elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, and published an expository account of its origin and fate universetos, A Brief History of Time (A Brief History of Time) which became a best-seller.
His condition worsened, and Hawking could communicate only by typing using a sensor triggered by a muscle on his cheek. 2014, Intel and SwiftKey have created a language communication model to reduce the time and effort required to type Hawking.
Hawking also appeared on television shows such as The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Big Bang Theory. The Oscar-winning film 2014, The Theory of Everything describes his life.
The three children of, Lucy, Robert and Timothy reported:
"We are deeply saddened that our beloved father has died today.
He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and the legacy will live on for many years.”
The BBC has one great publication by 2016 in some of Hawking's most important works, and the Guardian was released photographs recording his life.
