RIP Stephen Hawking

[Danik 2016]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=267362&subid=10718893&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

[kev67]

I felt a bit of a shock when the radio came on and I heard he had died. I dare say he was the most famous scientist in the UK. His health had deteriorated for so long, it was a wonder he lived as long as he did. I was impressed by how he surmounted his speech difficulties with his speech synthesizers, but shuddered at how much time it must have taken to write anything down. I read his book, The Brief History of Time. I understood quite a lot of it. I understood his explanation of Hawkings Radiation, by which black holes gradually radiate away into space. It is mind-boggling to think how much time that would take.

[Danik 2016]

His was an extraordinary life, indeed. He reached old age after all., married twice I think, had three children and was an outstanding scientist.