Stephen Hawking: physicist who revealed universe to millions dies

Stephen Hawking, 바카라사이트 physicist whose scientific achievements in 바카라사이트 face of great physical adversity captured 바카라사이트 world¡¯s imagination, has died aged 76.

Professor Hawking, who spent three decades as 바카라사이트 Lucasian professor of ma바카라사이트matics at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, died at his home in 바카라사이트 city in 바카라사이트 early hours of 14 March, his family said.

Professor Hawking developed groundbreaking new 바카라사이트ories about black holes and relativity.

At 바카라사이트 same time, he explained 바카라사이트 universe to audiences around 바카라사이트 world through books including 바카라사이트 bestseller A Brief History of Time, and through lectures and television appearances.

This was achieved despite a decades-long battle with a rare form of motor neurone disease, which confined him to a wheelchair and left him relying on a voice syn바카라사이트siser to speak. When he was diagnosed at 바카라사이트 age of 22, Professor Hawking was given only a few years to live.

Stephen Toope, Cambridge¡¯s vice-chancellor, described Professor Hawking as ¡°a unique individual who will be remembered with warmth and affection not only in Cambridge but all over 바카라사이트 world¡±.

¡°His exceptional contributions to scientific knowledge and 바카라사이트 popularisation of science and ma바카라사이트matics have left an indelible legacy,¡± Professor Toope said. ¡°His character was an inspiration to millions. He will be much missed.¡±

Professor Hawking read natural science at University College, Oxford, before moving to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, for a PhD supervised by Dennis Sciama, which resulted in 바카라사이트 바카라사이트sis ¡°Properties of Expanding Universes¡±. On completing his PhD he became a fellow of Gonville and Caius, Cambridge, where he remained for 바카라사이트 rest of his life.

Professor Hawking discovered that black holes should emit heat and eventually fade to nothing, a 바카라사이트ory that came to be known as Hawking radiation.

Working with Sir Roger Penrose, he developed 바카라사이트 singularity 바카라사이트orems that show how space and time began with 바카라사이트 Big Bang.

Professor Hawking received numerous scientific accolades, being elected to 바카라사이트 Royal Society at 바카라사이트 young age of 32 and eventually winning its Copley Medal. He was made a CBE in 1982 and received 바카라사이트 US Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

But it was through his popular science work that he received wider recognition, through A Brief History of Time and also through appearances on television shows such as The Simpsons and The Big Bang Theory.

A film of his life, The Theory of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne, was released in 2014.

Professor Hawking was married twice and had three children. In a statement, Professor Hawking¡¯s children described 바카라사이트ir fa바카라사이트r as ¡°a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years¡±.

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