Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star, dies aged 76
Source: The Guardian
Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76.
His family released a statement in the early hours of Wednesday morning confirming his death at his home in Cambridge.
Hawkings children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today.
He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)An incredible man who overcame his own body.
Well done sir!
calguy
(5,225 posts)He was such a courageous man cursed with the disease that crippled his body. Now he is free after contributing so much to humanity. Now he can fly.
k8conant
(3,030 posts)Lithos
(26,397 posts)His spirit will continue on.
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InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,110 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,161 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,331 posts)Was in bed listening to M$NBC's simulcast of Brian Williams' "11th Hour" show on my SiriusXM radio when he announced the breaking news.
There will be others but his loss will be profound in the scientific community.
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Thank you, Professor Hawking, for all you did and tried to do. You will be missed.
FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)get as much as he could done in that time.
A life lesson for all of us.
Ferretherder
(1,445 posts)...the loss of perhaps their best and brightest is truly a devastating blow - one more voice of sanity lost in an ever-increasing chorus of insane and baseless arguements against the realities the world now faces and the direction we, as a species, must take to save our planet.
I've been trying to imagine how this news would make me feel for, actually, some years now, and I can say that it makes me even sadder than I imagined I would feel.......this one hurts, a lot.
tavernier
(12,322 posts)Ill miss him on Big Bang as well. He was almost a regular on the cast a few years back, always up for a joke on himself. His enormous brain contained a very healthy sense of humor as well
scarletlib
(3,400 posts)Calista241
(5,584 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)on Pi Day, no less. RIP