Stephen Hawking, a widely known physicist, sometimes mistaken as cosmetician, died Wednesday after complications due to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a progressive neurodegenerative disease. He was 76.
Coverage at BBC (obituary), The Guardian, Reuters, NPR, and The Huffington Post.
janrinok writes:
It is with sadness that we hear the news this morning in the UK that Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Diagnosed with a type of motor neuron disease disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in 1964, he was told that he would have only a few years to live. But he confounded many experts and led life to the fullest within his personal limitations.
While he undoubtedly suffered as a result of his physical disabilities, it was his mental powers that set him apart from most of the human race. His book - A Brief History of Time - sold over 16 million copies, but it is said that it was probably read by a much smaller number of people, and understood by even fewer.
I hope that others here will contribute their own memories of the man and his achievements as the following days progress.
Rest in Peace - Stephen Hawking.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by tonyPick on Wednesday March 14 2018, @08:36AM (2 children)
While he's known as a great scientist, I always found his sense of humour after everything he'd gone through to be inspiring as well
Oblig clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8y5EXFMD4s&feature=youtu.be&t=246 [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 14 2018, @09:26AM
His humor was a little dark at times... [youtube.com]
(Score: 3, Informative) by canopic jug on Wednesday March 14 2018, @12:57PM
Too bad he missed a chance at even greater notoriety.
From : He may be the most brilliant mind ever, but Stephen Hawking was also quite the character [news.com.au]
He lasted as long as he did in part because of the high quality of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) before the repeated Tory cuts into the budget and staffing to intentionally weaken it and soften the public up fo privatiation [theguardian.com]. Thatcher and the people following in her footsteps were basically out to kill him.
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