Professor Stephen Hawking

World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.

He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.

The Briton was known for his work with black holes and relativity and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time.

At the age of 22 Prof Hawking was given only a few years to live after being diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease.

Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

 

RIP great man you were an inspiration not only in academia but in your personal life
A star on earth as you will now be in the sky.

 

Agree @shiney A truly awe-inspiring man
I love this saying of his something for us all to live by

"Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”

 

Fabulous man


RIP Stephen Hawkins

 

Why can't all the great people live forever..

Rest easy Stephen Hawkins.

 

He was called by the $eity to assist sort Doddy's tax out
RIP

 

Rip mr Hawking

 

A truly inspirational human being who: defied his illness, outlived his prognosis, laughed at himself; thought long, and hard, on matters which impact on us all; kept his dignity throughout; held a pragmatic view on all things and turned his personal limitations into theories of infinity and beyond!!!

My youngest son, when hearing the news, remarked: he was a genius! Who will *my* children look to?
I replied: yes, he was. But, if the world were full of geniuses they would simply become ordinary ergo non-genius Instead, he has now made room for the genius *your* children, or grandchildren, will look up to

Thank you, Mr Hawking, for being *you*; in all of your glory!