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Well.... that sucks.

What a sad day for science and what a shame.

Stephen Hawking was predicted to die in his mid-20s, so he had a much longer and more successful life than anyone could have thought.

As well as the science and overcoming disability, he has appeared in a surprising amount of popular culture, most recently the revival of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which started on Radio 4 last week.

I think Professor Hawking became an icon and something of a national treasure.

So the average IQ on this planet droped a bit.
It's a loss for our species.

 von Hohenstein wrote:
So the average IQ on this planet droped a bit.
It's a loss for our species.

Was wondering what that ‘clunk’ sound was.

RIP.

Terrible news. And on Pi day of all days.

Born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. Died on the day Einstein was born. And both he and Einstein died at the age of 76.

It's a cosmic coincidence that he would have enjoyed.


RIP.

 welshhoppo wrote:
Born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. Died on the day Einstein was born. And both he and Einstein died at the age of 76.

It's a cosmic coincidence that he would have enjoyed.


RIP.

i think so too.

RIP

There have been few people in life who so perfectly demonstrate how you can overcome the limitations of your physical shell if you have the imagination and determination to do so.

Hawking was a great physicist who could not only grasp some of the most complex ideas we currently grapple with, but could also find ways to try and share those ideas with everyone, so that everybody's horizons could be expanded by realising what an incredible universe we live in.

May he rest in peace.

Professor Stephen Hawking wrote:Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.

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