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The physicist Stephen Hawking dies at age 76


World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. That what the family of Stephen Hawking announced in the early hours of Wednesday. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge.

In a statement, his three children 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.
  • His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humor inspired people across the world.
  • He once said, 'It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love.'
  • We will miss him forever."
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.

Through his work with mathematician Sir Roger Penrose, he demonstrated that Einstein's general theory of relativity implies space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes.

The scientist gained popularity outside the academic world and appeared in several TV shows including The Simpsons, Red Dwarf and The Big Bang Theory.


 Factfile: Stephen Hawking

  • Born 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England
  • Earned place at Oxford University to read natural science in 1959, before studying for his PhD at Cambridge
  • By 1963, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and given two years to live
  • Outlined his theory that black holes emit "Hawking radiation" in 1974
  • In 1979, he became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the Cambridge - a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton
  • Published his book A Brief History of Time in 1988, which has sold more than 10 million copies
  • In the late 1990s, he was reportedly offered a knighthood, but 10 years later revealed he had turned it down over issues with the government's funding for science

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