Prof Stephen Hawking, a world renowned physicist has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hou...
Prof Stephen Hawking, a world renowned physicist 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 British scientist was famed 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.
The illness left him in a wheelchair and largely unable to speak except through a voice synthesiser.
In a statement his children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, said: "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."
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