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[Breaking News] Prof. Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
KynloStephen66515:
At the age of 76, Professor Stephen Hawking has passed away at home, his family have said.
Full breaking story: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008
wraith808:
Oh no! :o :(
KynloStephen66515:
The official BBC obituary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15555565
Extract:
Stephen Hawking - who died aged 76 - battled motor neurone disease to become one of the most respected and best-known scientists of his age.
A man of great humour, he became a popular ambassador for science and was always careful to ensure that the general public had ready access to his work.
His book A Brief History of Time became an unlikely best-seller although it is unclear how many people actually managed to get to the end of it.
He appeared in a number of popular TV shows and lent his synthesised voice to various recordings.
Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford on 8 January 1942. His father, a research biologist, had moved with his mother from London to escape German bombing.
Hawking grew up in London and St Albans and, after gaining a first-class degree in physics from Oxford, went on to Cambridge for postgraduate research in cosmology.
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rgdot:
RIP :(
tomos:
RIP :(
-rgdot (March 13, 2018, 11:34 PM)
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I sort of imagine him floating/flying around black holes and checking things out -- like in Interstellar
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