British physicist Stephen Hawking, who is known for his pioneering work in explaining the black hole and relativity, died today in age of 76 years at home of at 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. Elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at University of Cambridge, and published a best-selling treatise on the origin and fate of the universe, A Brief History of Time.
His condition worsened, and Hawking could only communicate by typing, using a sensor activated by a muscle in his cheek. In 2014, Intel and SwiftKey they created a language model of communication 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.
His three children, Lucy, Robert and Timothy, said:
"We are deeply saddened that our beloved father has died today.
He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years to come. ”
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.
