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Stephen Hawking has died
- pizza 9y ago:(
- tomyncy618 9y agoI get you pizza
- klinskyc 9y agoAw man. I don't have anything profound, but I always smile when I read this XKCD - https://xkcd.com/799/ https://xkcd.com/799/
- aerioux 9y agoRIP one of the greatest physicists in human history
- creep 9y agoWow, that really sucks.
- simonsarris 9y agoDost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark. – Shakespeare
- _ZeD_ 9y agoRip
- smithmayowa 9y agoVery sad news for the physic and science community in general his book A brief history of time made me understand black holes.
- sus_007 9y agoDo we know what killed him? All of these articles have very little information. Was it the natural progression of ALS or some other kind of disease?
- labster 9y agoLike black holes, very little information ever escapes death.
- sevenfive 9y agoAt 76, I think it's fair to say he just died. I actually had no idea he was that old. Maybe he looked younger than he was because he had no wrinkles.
- kelnos 9y agoYes, and given his adulthood-long health problems, it's a bit of a miracle he lived as long as he did. Amazing man.
- zanny 9y agoNobody "just dies". Most "natural deaths" are still heart failure. The rest are other kinds of organ failure. For a lot of people that die natural deaths they could have lived longer if they had kept fit. It just gets really hard to either do or justify when everything hurts and gets harder to do year over year. Or when you are confined to a wheelchair since your early 20s, were told you would only live two years, and then beat that prognosis 27 times over. But if you are able, even small amounts of cardio exercise could dramatically extend your health and lifespans in old age.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoIt's true that an autopsy will show a cause of death for anyone. In that sense, you don't "just die". But after a certain point, that cause of death starts looking pretty meaningless. Everything is failing at once; if you hadn't died of your actual cause of death, you would have died shortly afterwards from another one. In that sense, you do "just die" of old age.
- andrewaylett 9y agoIn the UK, old age isn't a legal cause of death for people under 80.
- zw123456 9y agoHe was an amazing inspiration to me and I am sure many others. I raise a glass tonight to a very special human being.
- juliand 9y agoThank you for everything
- jaequery 9y agoHe was a living triumph. Lived and achieved beyond what his body would allow.
- fermienrico 9y agoWhat a beautiful mind. He played a big role in who I am today - I majored in Physics and later in engineering because of his book. He inspired me to understand science and use it to improve the world.
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- l3robot 9y agoRIP to one of the great. Not only he was one of the genius minds of our time, but he also was an important symbol of perseverance for all of us.
- tpowell 9y agoWhat a life.
- TheAceOfHearts 9y agoA great loss for humanity. Is this the fastest upvoted HN thread? I don't think I've ever seen a discussion go up to +200 upvotes in under 10 minutes.
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- Errsher 9y agoSeems to be more info in this article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawk...
- dhbanes 9y agoThis reads like a pre-prepared obituary. No additional information regarding his death.
- pmoriarty 9y agoPre-prepared is exactly how most obituaries are written. Newspapers keep such pre-prepared obituaries of famous people on-hand so that they can publish them instantly if that person happens to die. Any newspapers who don't do this will lose the all-important race for publication to newspapers that do.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoAnd in celebrating someone’s life, the specific details of their death aren’t so important anyways.
- timb07 9y agoAnd because obituaries are pre-prepared, they're sometimes mistakenly pre-published.
- awad 9y agoOn at least one occasion that I can recall, an obituary for Steve Jobs was published prematurely. As you can imagine, this caused a minor panic before retraction.
- andyjohnson0 9y ago> Pre-prepared is exactly how most obituaries are written They are often written many years in advance. As an example, the Guardian's obituary for Billy Graham [1] was published ten years after its writer died. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/21/billy-graham-obituary https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/21/billy-graham-o...
- mattcaldwell 9y agoWow, that hits hard... he will be missed.
- ddmma 9y agoAt least humanity will buy and read more Stephen Hawking books from now on. We must feel more special only by sharing the our timeline with this brilliant mind. More great discoveries and light will be in the future, we will exist to provide proof of the visionaries.
- Invictus0 9y agoWow, I was not prepared for this. Rest in peace.
- jtchang 9y agoStephen Hawking defined an entire generation. Say what you will but he created a culture far beyond that of just a physicist. He was both parodied and revered.
- galaga99 9y agoThere aren't that many humans that have made such a dent in the world as Stephen Hawking. He will not be forgotten. Rest in peace.
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- wizardforhire 9y agoFew have accomplished as much while overcoming so little compared to Hawkings. Hawkings is and will always be a hero. To think when he started out black holes were just a myth. He got to witness not only their acceptance and his own vindication but actual gravitational waves as well!
- applecrazy 9y agoHis work will be built upon to make the next greatest discovery, but I don't think there will be a man this accomplished in the next few decades. We miss you already, Mr. Hawking.
- trhway 9y ago>but I don't think there will be a man this accomplished in the next few decades. Somehow reminded about that New Generation episode with Newton, Einstein and Hawking.
- icelancer 9y ago>> Few have accomplished as much while overcoming so little It's weird; I individually understood both achievements but never thought about their combination that seriously until it was worded like this. Very well put.
- callumlocke 9y agoShouldn't it be "while overcoming so much"?
- evincarofautumn 9y agoI think the intent was to say that few people have accomplished as much as he has, and they have overcome little compared to him.
- archon810 9y agoHawking
- doppp 9y agoOn Pi Day, no less. RIP.
- nzoschke 9y agoA Brief History Of Time expanded my mind like few other books. Thank you Dr. Hawking.
- rvo 9y agoLet's celebrate his amazing life. "The diagnosis of motor neurone disease came when Hawking was 21, in 1963. At the time, doctors gave him a life expectancy of two years.[253][254]" It must be quite taxing to have been given that diagnosis at such a young age, and then live to a relatively old age. I wonder how that marginally impacted his view on life, work and relationships. Sad he didn't get the Nobel.
- joering2 9y agoNow he can travel anywhere he wants to in this or all other Universes, instantenously. RIP big guy!
- tabeth 9y agoPerhaps just as shocking to me as this news was the fact that he was 76! Given his accomplishments and youthful demeanor in his recent communications this totally caught me off guard. That, and the fact that he lived way longer that expected, given his circumstances. Objectively a triumph. In addition to his obvious, scientific exploits, hopefully the money raised in 2014 for ALS will ensure future scientists won't have to endure such hardship. Rest in peace.
- Aloha 9y agoHe was 76, for a man not expected to make it out of his 20's I think he did okay. It's a sad loss for science, but he's also now freed from a body he was becoming increasingly locked in, with less and less ability to communicate over time. His passing is perhaps more humane - I don't know though, humaneness is in the eye of the person living it.
- themihai 9y ago>> he's also now freed from a body he was becoming increasingly locked in, with less and less ability to communicate over time. Well, now he lost any kind of ability to communicate.
- satori99 9y agoWell, two-way communication, sure. But his words and ideas will continue to be communicated for a very long time. He is one of the very rare human beings whose names will never be forgotten.
- mirkules 9y agoIt is said that a person dies three deaths: First, when their body stops functioning. Second, when their body is buried (or cremated). And the third and final death is when their name is uttered for the very last time in human history. I am fairly confident Stephen Hawking will have only died two deaths.
- purple-again 9y agoI was under the impression it was: 1) When your body dies 2) When you the last person who remembers you dies 3) When the last thing you impacted is gone Now existence has returned to a state as if you had never been at all.
- mirkules 9y agoIt could be. I first heard my version on a podcast (of course, I forgot which one), but looking around it is attributed to a Stanford professor David Eagleman: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/336070-there-are-three-deaths-the-first-is-when-the-body https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/336070-there-are-three-deat...
- Dangeranger 9y ago“I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.” -- Stephen Hawking
- Buttons840 9y agoHe did so much. RIP Stephen. Thanks for what you shared with us.
- mcbuilder 9y agoOne of the true greats, RIP Stephen
- nabla9 9y agoHe died in π-day that also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday.
- vincentv 9y agoAnd Albert Einstein died at the age of 76 as well. What a coincidence.
- zerostar07 9y agohmm... too many 'coincidences' for people who know how to fiddle with time
- nabla9 9y agoStephen Hawking was born 8 January 1942, exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoIt would destroy my sense of Hawking's rationally to imagine him using a month-day-year date ordering. ;o)
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- dzink 9y agoHe proved the body is just a carrier for the mind.
- pvsukale3 9y agoI read A brief history of time when I was 11. Since then every single time I have reread the book I have found something new. I waited every Monday night for his show into the universe with Stephan Hawkins. He was the reason I became more curious and skeptical about nature of things. My hats off to this amazing conscious being made from stardust.
- jakecopp 9y agoI read the book at a similar age and I remember it made a strong impression on me.
- everydaypanos 9y ago+1
- SpaceManNabs 9y agoPouring a glass and will read some of his papers again tonight. So sad. Great inspiration. Great hero.
- applecrazy 9y agoIs it possible to get a "black bar" on HN to honor this god of physics, who contributed so much to the literature and inspired many people, including myself?
- techdragon 9y agoHe definitely feels like he warrants a black bar. Like maybe for a week... I mean its Stephen Hawking.
- applecrazy 9y agoI agree. I'm tearing up a bit looking at the news. He was always a legend in my eyes.
- niuzeta 9y ago+1 He came to symbolize the power of human mind and in a broader sense, modern science. Humanity has lost a great mind today.
- cityofghosts 9y agoOnly if it emits radiation.
- abakker 9y ago+1. If anyone ever earned it, It’s him.
- cee_el1234 9y ago+1 Such a great loss for us all.
- smoll 9y agoHe opened our eyes to the mysteries of black holes; a black bar is only fitting.
- Arubis 9y agoI wish I had the words, and know that I won’t. But there was a time when A Brief History made me feel a little less alone in those socially awkward years, and I’m eternally indebted for that. Rest in peace, good sir. You’ve earned it.
- mullikine 9y agoIm truly gut wrenched hearing about this. Such an inspirational person. Thank you God for giving us Hawking
- joshumax 9y agoFor a second I just couldn't believe this was real. Stephen Hawking was one of those people that inspired me towards a career in science, as well as a pursuit of discovering what mysteries of the universe I could uncover within my (cosmically short) lifetime. He did this not through some major life-altering speech I heard from him (although his talks and lectures were quite interesting), or through some grand quote that I read online, but rather through the fact that he carried with him the enthusiasm that comes with looking up, seeing a vast universe looming all around us, and finding that inner spirit--that inner sense of wonder--that drives us forward in an attempt to make sense of it all. Rest in peace Stephen Hawking; you will be missed.
- restlessmedia 9y agoThat's an awesome eulogy. I tried to describe to my son this morning the kind of man Stephen Hawking was and struggled - I wish I had read this first!
- gbraad 9y agoI explained it to my son just like his own quote; "look up to the stars and not your feet". Be inspired and be curious.
- mgolawala 9y agoI agree completely. Who will take his place? Who will be the Stephen Hawking of my children's generation? As a society we should work hard to find, celebrate and give a platform to the Stephen Hawking-s and the Carl Sagan-s of tomorrow. The impact of such "celebrity scientists" (I do not use that term pejoratively) is far greater than the measure of the work they have done. It is how they inspire an entire generation to seek out knowledge, understanding and fill us all with a sense of humility, awe and wonder.
- nylonstrung 9y agoNeil Degrasse Tyson is clearly vying for the slot but seems to make science seem more elitist, more pedantic (read literally any of his tweets) and thus appears to miss the point entirely
- Dangeranger 9y ago“What do Sheldon Cooper and a black hole have in common?” Hawking asked the fictional Caltech physicist whose IQ comfortably outstrips his social skills. After a pause, the answer came: “They both suck.” Stephen's sense of humor has always cracked me up.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoHe made so many cameos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking_in_popular_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking_in_popular_cul... and was on not only The Simpsons, but Futurama as well!
- Dangeranger 9y agoJohn Oliver asked: "Is there a universe where I am smarter than you?" Stephen Hawking replied: "Yes, and also one, where you are funny."
- drharby 9y agoHawking holes!
- icelancer 9y agoThe Futurama one had me laughing for weeks every time I thought about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nda7w487yU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nda7w487yU0
- philjohn 9y agoOnly person to play themself on Star Trek.
- paulmd 9y agoI, for one, will always remember him for his feature on the hit single "Satisfaction". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmzxxN0m3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmzxxN0m3k
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- Cookingboy 9y agoHis life had surely been a bright spot in the brief history of our times. Rest in peace Mr.Hawking.
- OrganicMSG 9y agoWasn't he still working on physics? If so, I prefer the terminology of Erdős, he hasn't died, he has merely left.
- lulmerchant 9y agoHe absolutely was. Personally I think one of the saddest things about this is that Susskind has lost his greatest (friendly) intellectual rival. Those two spending years arguing with each other over the information paradox was absolutely fantastic. (And personally I’ve always felt that Hawking was the perfect counter weight to how strongly opinionated Susskind is)
- nagarc 9y agoRIP
- BooneJS 9y agoNYT: https://nyti.ms/2tKRHQL https://nyti.ms/2tKRHQL
- vit05 9y agoMy grandmother had ALS. I remember when my mother went to tell me about her disease she gave me his book[1]. It helped me in two ways, to research more about the disease, many articles were about him, and to learn more about the universe. Rest in peace. https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nutshell-Stephen-William-Hawking/dp/055380202X https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nutshell-Stephen-William-Haw...
- GenYCubeJockey 9y agoGone but never to be forgotten. He just finally found the Fry Hole...I mean, Hawking Hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-p8s_HCCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-p8s_HCCo
- orangehour 9y agoStephen Hawking (along with Richard Feynman) are the reasons for my interest in the Sciences. There's nothing I can say now to thank him, but I will always cherish his works. "Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge" - Stephen Hawking
- xoa 9y agoI can think of no higher praise then that he changed the course of so many of our lives personally and of humanity's understanding of the universe as a whole. Though small in physical stature he has become a truly giant set of shoulders upon which many more shall stand. Thank you for everything.
- DennisAleynikov 9y agoRest in peace, I never thought I'd see this day come, he almost seemed immortal.
- richardfeynman 9y agoI accidentally ate Stephen Hawking's lunch once at a conference at Caltech.
- stonedartist 9y agoPlease explain more...
- comboy 9y agoSurely you're joking mr. richardfeynman. Come on guys, think this through. Hawking. Eating. Movement. I'm sure he would have appreciated this joke though and how it got at least two of you ;)
- slavik81 9y agoHawking's condition worsened steadily throughout his life. While he was wheelchair-bound by the end of the 1960s, he was still capable of speaking until the 1980s. In the 1970s, he was already an accomplished scientist and would probably have been capable of eating a normal lunch. The timing would even work for the incident to involve the real Richard Feynman. Though, I can't find anything to suggest the story is true.
- richardfeynman 9y agoI was at a conference at Caltech. Someone set up boxes of food for lunch. Someone at my table grabbed one and started to eat. I noticed that it said "Stephen Hawking Lunch Gluten Free / Vegan" on it - it was already half-eaten, and I figured it'd be too good an opportunity to pass on, so I decided to eat some of stephen hawking's lunch, literally. It turns out that despite his physical limitations he actually did eat normal solid foods. This was in 2011.
- Sandorie 9y agoThis is truly saddening for the scientific community and for the world in general. His life and work will continue to ripple the very fabric of our civilization. And now that his task is done, He will take his place... amongst the legends of the past.
- miguelmota 9y ago"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious." - Stephen Hawking
- kuon 9y agoThanks for who you were and what you did. You will live on with us.
- stochastic_monk 9y agoStephen Hawking was very special to me. He's a large part of why I chose a life in science in general and physics in particular. I'm just one of many, but he unmistakably and uniquely affected my life for the better. Growing up, I read Brief History of Time and Universe In A Nutshell dozens of times each. I relished the jokes I got, and I won't forget him. I also weep for him, knowing he never got the Nobel prize he wanted so very much. I haven't shed a tear for many people in their passing, but I have for him. Thank you for opening my eyes to the wonders of the universe. You are an irreplaceable part of who I have become today.
- ethbro 9y agoI had the honor of attending one of his lectures at CWRU in undergrad. Two things forever stick out in my memory. #1 - That he told jokes during his lecture. To be wheelchair bound, facing a degenerative condition... and still have humor. Inspiring. #2 - The respectful silence. At least at the lecture I attended, he live keyed his entire speech. This meant the synthesizer would speak, followed by 20 or 30 seconds of absolute silence as he buffered the next few sentences. I remember not a soul spoke in that time above a whisper. And he deserved every ounce of respect.
- tintor 9y ago"At least at the lecture I attended, he live keyed his entire speech. This meant the synthesizer would speak, followed by 20 or 30 seconds of absolute silence as he buffered the next few sentences." He was "typing" one bit at a time? How can he type the entire sentence so quickly?
- NamTaf 9y agoYes. Here's some info on his setup. It tracked the motion of his cheek, which he could still control, to stop on a letter. It scanned through the alphabet and he had to pull it up at the right time. http://www.hawking.org.uk/the-computer.html http://www.hawking.org.uk/the-computer.html I also just started typing that in present tense ('tracks'...) and had to pull myself up. :(
- 0xb100db1ade 9y agoI mean no disrespect, but I find it bitter-sweetly amusing that, of all days, he died on Pi Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day
- sidcool 9y agoThat is no disrespect. It's an homage to pi.
- Dangeranger 9y ago"It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love." -- Stephen Hawking
- eganist 9y agoI can't say I feel qualified to make the sorts of truly inspiring tributes I'm reading so far. I just want it known that one more person appreciates all he's done to motivate people such as myself to look up at the stars and pursue a career chasing them.
- abakker 9y agoAmen
- n17r4m 9y agoEven if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence? Or does it need a creator, and, if so, does he have any other effect on the universe? And who created him? Up to now, most scientists have been too occupied with the development of new theories that describe what the universe is to ask the question why. On the other hand, the people whose business it is to ask why, the philosophers, have not been able to keep up with the advance of scientific theories. In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field and discussed questions such as: did the universe have a beginning? However, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, science became too technical and mathematical for the philosophers, or anyone else except a few specialists. Philosophers reduced the scope of their inquiries so much that Wittgenstein, the most famous philosopher of this century, said, “The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.” What a comedown from the great tradition of philosophy from Aristotle to Kant! However, if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we would know the mind of God. -- Stephen Hawking
- bpizzi 9y agoI'm very fond of the way he left religions out of the way when trying to explain that a God-like mind may exists above our universe.
- kulu2002 9y agoUnfortunately these questions will keep haunting mankind ..always ..every time! Golden words by Hawking... May his soul Rest In Peace
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- jordanpg 9y agoHawking plays The Guide Mark II in the new BBC radio dramatization of book 6 of the Hitchhiker’s Guide “trilogy”: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p060hy01 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p060hy01 A wonderful, somehow fitting, celebration.
- racl101 9y agoTalk about beating the odds. He showed ALS who's boss! He demonstrated that when you have a purpose and the will to live one can overcome their limitations. He inspired me and countless of others. R.I.P. Dr. Hawking.
- vixen99 9y agoI absolutely back what you say about Hawking but having a lot of money and a team of dedicated medical specialists at your disposal does help. Let's have a moment's thought for the non-public figure ALS sufferers who don't have those resources available nor a huge number of well-wishers across the world to keep up their spirits.
- pvaldes 9y agoIs an horrible disease and we must understand, crush and defeat it as soon as possible.
- slavik81 9y agoThat man was my hero. If I achieve a fraction of what he accomplished in his life, I will be incredibly proud. Against all odds, he lived a full and amazing life. It somehow feels even more painful to lose a man who cheated death. It just gives you that feeling that they can somehow live forever, until the moment when the illusion is shattered. And underneath it all is that unshakable feeling. Memento mori. Slowly my childhood heroes will drift away until there's none left. Then it will be my turn to drift away. I miss him already. The world is always going to be a little sadder without him. Though, maybe I can still make it to his party. A RECEPTION FOR TIME TRAVELLERS Hosted by PROFESSOR STEPHEN HAWKING To be held in the past, at THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Gonville & Caius College, Trinity Street, Cambridge Location: 52˚ 12' 21" N, 0˚ 7' 4.7" E 12:00 UT 28 JUNE 2009 NO RSVP REQUIRED
- TaylorAlexander 9y agoIt was both Professor Hawking and Carl Sagan that tought me how brief and unlikely our lives truly are. It was their cosmic perspective that helped me end my fear of death. While we want more time and see the death of others as tragic, I do feel less afraid of that time coming knowing how fortunate I have been to live.
- jsolson 9y agoInteresting. I would like to attribute my desire to live "forever", at least to some extent, to cosmic perspective. One day the universe might make me bored, but today is not that day, and I suspect tomorrow isn't either. I don't ever expect that day to come, but if I thought it was near I'd be very afraid indeed.
- imjustice 9y agoRIP
- ainiriand 9y agoI will always remember him. And my future kids will know who a great human he was. Rest in peace Stephen.
- pknerd 9y agoStephen Hawking was born on the date of Galileo's death, the 8th of January. He has died on the date of Albert Einstein's birth, the 14th of March. Source:- https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/973807157182332928 https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/973807157182332928
- nukeop 9y agoHawking's reputation will last as long after his death as that of Sagan, Gould, Boaz, Lysenko, Morris or any of the other popular culture performing cranks of this century. About ten minutes.
- ivl 9y agoReading that headline it took me a moment. His books shaped my interest in science, and were wonderful to read and enjoy, even to push on family members. A monumentally inspiring person, not just for his scientific accomplishments, but also for how incredibly he handled the hand he was dealt. He will be missed, dearly.
- nilkn 9y agoI think in the back of my mind I always thought of Hawking as being immortal. He lived for over 50 years with a debilitating terminal illness, and yet his accomplishments so vastly exceeded the capabilities of his body. It’s hard to believe he was capable of dying.
- kposehn 9y agoThis warrants the black bar. He has changed everything for humanity time and again. We owe him the best future we can possibly make.
- exikyut 9y agoI agree. I consider no black bar: - a violation of the principle of least surprise - a statement of discrimination Precedent has been set by the fact that it has been used in the past. If its usage is being wound down, I reckon this more than qualifies as exceptionally justifiable.
- krapp 9y agoYour comment illustrates perfectly why the black bar is a bad idea... unless it gets used for every death posted here someone will feel discriminated against and offended that it was omitted for someone they like. And if it is used for everyone, people will feel that its meaning has been degraded, because the black bar has become a status symbol - something to be "earned" or "deserved". And inevitably there will be tedious arguments over who deserves the black bar, and who doesn't, and what precedent is set by this person getting it and not that, and whether it means the moderators are biased, on and on. All of this sad nonsense over a stylesheet tweak that in the end means nothing and honors no one and whose application has always been entirely arbitrary. It's a distraction which is best done away with IMHO.
- toopok4k3 9y agoSomeones death should 100% be a distraction over our daily lives to remind us all on the impeding doom. People getting hurt and distracted over who gets a black bar or not is better than nothing at all IMO.
- krapp 9y ago>Someones death should 100% be a distraction over our daily lives to remind us all on the impeding doom. People die all the time ... according to Wikipedia, about 105,000 per day, every day... yet I would bet those deaths don't distract you at all, if they did, you would be spending your life in a corner paralyzed with fear. Life is for the living, life is not for the dead. >People getting hurt and distracted over who gets a black bar or not is better than nothing at all IMO. Better at what? At reminding people of their own mortality? Better than the thread itself, or the posted obituary, or the experience of merely living as a human being? Nonsense.
- propman 9y agoAn inspiring role model in so many aspects, RIP to one of the greatest minds. I strongly believe that his perseverance through his circumstances is even more admirable than his research. It's so easy to become bitter and jaded when a shocking event like that occurs. At the best, you make peace and live as happy a life as you can...but to stand tall and rebuke Fate, defy all odds and even banish almost certain Death for decades through sheer willpower and passion for knowledge is something else. And to hold that tiny, bright flame against an unrelenting torrent for 55 years, always curious, always following his passion...the world lost one of the greats tonight.
- addicted 9y agoI agree that his perseverance is the most admirable. I try and put myself in his shoes and it's daunting to say the least. But even ignoring the challenges he crushes he would have been an amazing human being.
- eljimmy 9y agoIf you haven't read it yet, give 'A Brief History of Time' a read. Even if you're not a big book reader, it's only about 250 pages. Great way to pay respects to this legendary man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time
- zubairq 9y agoHe was a true inspiration and showed how much we can be defined by our thoughts, not just our physical presence
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- ghostpirate 9y agoThe world will always remember him even after centuries
- abbiya 9y agoPi Day
- scrollaway 9y agoThe world will miss you, Stephen. I'm going to rewatch Hawking tonight (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395571/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395571/).
- diimdeep 9y agoThere is another one - The Theory of Everything (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/
- scrollaway 9y agoOh! That's the one I was initially thinking about actually. Maybe I'll rewatch both. :)
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- artursapek 9y agoRIP
- hienyimba 9y agoOne of the greatest men of our time. RIP Sir!
- otalp 9y agoHis last comment on the Internet is relevant to Hacker News.. someone asked him about unemployment due to automation and the rise of technology[1]: "If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality." https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3nyn5i/comment/cvsdmkv?st=JEQKSDNR&sh=dd00aa5a https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3nyn5i/comment/cvs...
- tim333 9y agoWe have rising inequality and also about 137,000 less people miserably poor each day. It's complicated. https://www.cato.org/blog/what-newspapers-reported-real-news-about-human-progress https://www.cato.org/blog/what-newspapers-reported-real-news...
- cft 9y agoAs Thatcher has famously said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t37Oy8dD-U4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t37Oy8dD-U4
- knuththetruth 9y agoLet’s please honor the man and not link to her wretchedness. Steven Hawking hated Thatcher and regretted never having the chance to run over her toes[0] [0] “Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind,” page 91.
- jwdunne 9y agoIt seems his spent his final days fighting her legacy - a backdoor attempt at privatisation in the NHS by her party. Thatcher should never be mentioned in a thread dedicated to his legacy. He wouldn't have got this far if she had her way.
- ultrasounder 9y agoRespects and R.I.P. Will make my son read his Brief History of Time to start his career in science.
- abvdasker 9y agoStephen Hawking was a great physicist and an inspirational person. He'll be missed dearly.
- davesque 9y agoI feel like Stephen Hawking symbolized the exact way in which people should be judged.
- dandersh 9y agoWhile people are going to focus on his impact in physics and science in general, and rightfully so, I've experienced a greater impact from his life. I had a close friend of mine who was wheel chair bound. For him Hawking demonstrated the possibility of people accepting him for who he was and enjoying his company irrespective of any perceived differences. He wanted to interact, have friends, build relationships, and this was something that was more expected as a result of Hawking's public profile. Ultimately he served as not just a role model, but someone who expanded awareness that those in wheelchairs were people too.
- vkat 9y agoHe is going to remembered for a long time. RIP
- pinkskip 9y agoa hero who fuelled my curiosity
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- pankajdoharey 9y agoSad day for Science. :(
- jjordan 9y agoRight up there with Einstein, Bohr, Tesla as one of the most brilliant humans to ever live. Learning about Hawking radiation for the first time forever changed how I looked at this thing we call existence. Thanks, Stephen.
- acutesoftware 9y agoRIP - he was a great inspiration to so many people
- Cogito 9y agoOne of my most enduring memories is putting on the audio book for "A Brief History of Time" to listen to on a long drive home with my brother. I'd read and listened to it before, but sitting there watching my brother listen to it for the first time, I realised just how clearly and succinctly Hawking mapped out the ideas and way of thinking I use to try and find my place in the universe. I'm quite grateful I had the opportunity to read it.
- kakarot 9y agoRIP my biggest living scientific inspiration. May your weary soul rest in peace.
- andrei_says_ 9y agoI have never met this man and yet I feel deep loss and gratitude. I feel personally enriched by his life.
- sitkack 9y agoI am not sad for him, I am sad for us.
- k_sze 9y agoI hope that he has actually transcended to some higher dimensions, joining other great minds like Einstein and Bohr, and that they are actually playing around with even more advanced forms of physics, peering into black holes and quarks like they were toys.
- foobaw 9y agoR.I.P Stephen. He was such an inspiration to a lot of people and probably will be for a lot of people in the future.
- aaachilless 9y agoIt's really beautiful how the entire world [1] has in unison recognized the life of this great man. There's something uncanny, sort of cinematic, about the information of his death radiating out across the globe and "lighting" us up as we consider what an incredible human being he was. [1] Maybe not the "entire" world, but all the news orgs I checked had news of his death on their front page as of 2-3 minutes ago: Al Jazeera // CNN // Fox News // ABC (Australia) // France 24 // DW (Germany) // reddit // HN // NY Times // BBC // WaPo // the Guardian // the Japan Times // Xinhua (China)
- newscracker 9y agoI liked the movie, "The Theory of Everything", which allowed for more people to learn about this phenomenal human being. [1] I also liked his appearances in shows (like The Big Bang Theory). We would've looked forward to a lot more from him! He will be missed! [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Everything_(2014_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Everything_(2014...
- aurelius12 9y agoI realize it's not cool to post value-less comments here, but....damn it.
- dustfinger 9y agoGoodbye.
- sprice 9y agoWhile Stephen Hawking is someone who could not live forever, he is someone we needed to. RIP.
- mevile 9y agoI'm so sad. Rest in peace Mr Hawking. What brilliant mind we've lost.
- fellellor 9y agoRIP Stephen Hawking. Thanks for fighting on for so long, even after reaching a stage when most would expect one to give up.
- Profragile 9y agoOMG! Neil disGrace Tyson's tweet. What a pompous fucking ass-shat. It should have been him.
- milkers 9y ago... on the day of PI, r.i.p S.H.
- originalsimba 9y agoouch... right in the feels.
- onetimemanytime 9y agoRIP, he did a lot to popularize science. Let's look at a different angle: He lived to 76 years old, a man with a disease that once gave you a few years at most. 76 is more or less a full life today. With all the challenges and stresses, we (or a lot of us) do live in great times. Even the greatest King could have died from a cut on his finger a few centuries ago...now penicillin is given for free even in USA.
- abraae 9y agoI believe his longevity was little to do with any special treatment and more to do with the strain/variety of the disease. My brother in law contracted Motor Neuron, was given 2 years to live, and died after 2.5 years, the last year of which was not really living. Up until then I had never understood that Stephen Hawking was actually in one sense amazingly lucky. RIP, an amazing fellow.
- cyberferret 9y agoOddly, this news struck me harder than other recent deaths of celebrity musicians that I was huge fans of. I guess Professor Hawking always had that aura of timelessness around him, and everyone just knew he was doing important work that would change humanity's understanding of the universe and our place in it. It seems somehow unfair to have him taken away in the middle of all that. EDIT: Fond memories of walking around Cambridge University two decades ago with my cousin, and she casually pointed to a building and said "Oh, Stephen Hawking works in there". Seemed so mundane to think that such important works were going on in some nondescript building that I just happened to be walking past. I always envisaged him working on a totally different plane from the rest of us mere peons.
- Smaug123 9y agoYou're quite right. I saw him once, giving a supervision in the Core of the Centre for Mathematical Studies. He walked among us ;)
- remarkEon 9y agoAs a kid my first introduction to Hawking was on a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. This deserves a black bar. This man I’m sure inspired almost everyone here in some way. Odd to think he’s dead. I thought he’d live forever...
- ehecatl 9y ago>> I thought he’d live forever... In one of his universes, he does.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoNot my first introduction to him, but it was great to see him there. Despite being soft sci-fi, Star Trek - TNG in particular - was always a show about wonders of science at heart. Incidentally, Stephen Hawking was the only person to play himself in Star Trek.
- Abishek_Muthian 9y agoThough part of me is glad that he's now relieved from the pain of existence, the other part wishes that he should've lived long enough for his conscious to be uploaded into a perpetual medium; to find answers for his questions.
- exodust 9y agoOn his website I found this TED talk by Peter Diamandis where Hawking fulfils his dream of going to space on the zero-g aeroplane. He was 65 at the time. They did several more parabolas than planned, 8-10 min of weightlessness each time. He loved it. Still images only, but it's great to see him out of his wheelchair and floating in space. https://youtu.be/0VJqrlH9cdI https://youtu.be/0VJqrlH9cdI
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- LearnerHerzog 9y agoA man with truly inspiring perspectives... of the cosmos and of the self. "In fact, my disability has been a help in a way, it has freed me from teaching or sitting on boring committees and given me more time to think and do research. Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap — it is all in the mind." -Stephen Hawking
- imesh 9y agoWhat does aging feel like for someone who can't feel their body?
- pknerd 9y agoHis book, A Bried History of Time have made a huge impact among people like me to fall in love with Physics.
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- troymc 9y agoGrowing up in the middle of nowhere, Canada in the 1980s, the library didn't have many good science books. When Hawking's book got published, it was the only thing available like that anywhere around. Remember, this is before you could get any book in existence within one month via Amazon. There was no Amazon. I got A Brief History of Time and read it, and it's almost cliche to say so, but it changed the course of my life. It's not the only book that affected me, but it was pivotal. George Gamow's little book also was available, and some good Asimov stuff, but otherwise nothing really. So I went to university in the big city (Saskatoon!) and studied physics, and they had a whole library of physics books! You'd think it was like heaven, but a lot of those books were crap or hard to read. Hawking showed how one can aim for a book that's interesting-and-good and actually achieve it. A few others managed to do the same. There are probably 20 actually-good and readable physics books in the whole world, and his books are a few of them.
- o2l 9y agoCan you share the names of other physics books that you think are good & readable ?
- tomw2005 9y agoThere's a very good book called E=mc^2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation written by David Bodanis. I think I read it at about 16 and it was very approachable.
- dalbasal 9y ago'A short history of nearly everything' is extremely readable. Written by a comedic writer. It surveys much of scientific knowledge roughly narrated as a history of scientific discovery and the development of science. 'Elegant universe' is a little denser. It's about as accessible as string theory gets, and that's surprisingly accessible. It also surveys a lot of scientific knowledge. For example, it has a very intuitive explanation of how knowing about the constant speed of light (Einstein) makes time travel possible. Also, it explains open questions that string theory is trying to solve, which are the big, TOE questions in physics currently. Hard to beat Hawkins though. He heavily influenced and inspired these guys, an proved that hard science is interesting for everyone. Goodbye Professor. You will be missed.
- timlianov 9y agoR.I.P. Stephen Thank you for all
- gurpreet- 9y agoA truly sad day for us all. He was a person who showed us that we can do amazing things even when we're up against debilitating diseases. He was an inspirational person who is up there with the greats and will be remembered for eons to come.
- anoopelias 9y agoBorn on the same day as Galileo died and died on the same day as Einstein was born. 'Stars were aligned' :) I guess.
- erric 9y agoJust the Birthday Problem in action.
- thomasfortes 9y agoThere are few people that will be remembered for centuries and centuries to come, but I'm pretty sure that Stephen Hawking is one of them. Rest in peace Dr. Hawking, the scientific community and all the science enthusiasts in the world will hold your contributions and the story of your life dearly in their hearts.
- lucb1e 9y agoSo long, and thanks for all the fish.
- siliconunit 9y agoLike many here he was an inspiration for me too, I read his books at an early age and along with others it got me inspired to pursue scientific studies. It also helped me come to terms with the fear of death and eventually see the odds of sentient life and appreciate the ride without the egotistic entitled feeling that sparks that fear in the first place.Rip Stephen.
- terlacious 9y agoAn inspiration, pioneer, visionary and now a legend. The world is less brighter now that a star has left us on Earth.
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- ulkesh 9y agoThe world is now diminished by the loss of this brilliant mind. Though I take comfort that he enriched humanity for all time.
- giis 9y agoRIP Stephen Hawking I'm one of those million of lives you have inspired. I brought A Brief History of Time with my first salary. Thank you for everything.
- JepZ 9y ago"I don’t think we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet,..." This mission statement for humanity is what I will keep with my inner compass. RIP Stephen Hawking
- nbdev 9y agoNot one negative comment in this whole thread. Everyone is enamoured with Hawking, huh? Ask the women in his life what they thought of him. Ask the scientists, including Peter Higgs, who complained about his undue credibility and attention given to him. Disagree with me? Think I'm speaking negative about the dead? If you call yourself inspired by a scientist, admiring a scientist, then you should seek the truth. Emotion based on truth I can stand, but the outpouring in this thread is ridiculous.
- ainiriand 9y agoYou have to be really funny at parties.
- nbdev 9y agoI'm being honest, and you're not providing anything that goes against what I wrote. No comment about how interesting or entertaining your reply is.
- TickleSteve 9y agoIts generally understood that no one is perfect... Pointing this out while discussing the death of possibly the most respected scientist ever to a tech & science literate crowd is quite unnecessary. RIP SH.
- nbdev 9y agoYou prove the necessity by trying to shoehorn this into "nobody's perfect." This "tech & science literate" mob circle jerk enables bad science and bad behavior. I doubt many here even know what Hawking really contributed. He simply embodies some need to worship a disabled genius. No one wants to hear it from me. I get it, but I thought just one person should speak up.
- nbdev 9y agoYou prove the necessity by trying to shoehorn this into "nobody's perfect." This "tech & science literate" mob circle jerk enables bad science and bad behavior. I doubt many here even know what Hawking really contributed. He simply embodies some need to worship a disabled genius. No one wants to hear it from me. I get it, but I thought just one person should speak up.
- drawkbox 9y agoSometimes the RNG of the Universe creates people with intelligence, innovation and insight that are one in a billion that make the world better than it was before in immense ways, Stephen Hawking is one of those mountain movers. People like Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan, Nikola Tesla and even Elon Musk today, that make us look up, innovate and think way out there, bring us together and remind us we are all on this planet together and can do amazing things if we choose to put our energy towards it.
- intenseSpec 9y agoSerious question, why is Elon Musk lumped in with Tesla, Hawking, and Sagan? Musk's achievements are assisted by the fact that he has tens of thousands of engineers at his companies and he gets credit for every one of their ideas, all their work, and all the life they give up for his dreams. He didn't found Paypal (his company merged with it), he didn't found Tesla (kicked out one of the original founders), and he didn't come up with the idea for the Hyperloop either. So, why is a CEO who benefits and takes credit for the effort of others lumped in with individuals?
- RayVR 9y agoMusk is an incredible self-promoter. He talks about how he is going to save the world, critics just don’t understand or just want to see him fail, and his words bounce around an ideological echo chamber where the facts of his claims don’t matter. IMO, the google founders have had a far larger impact on the world than Elon, however, they don’t promote themselves endlessly.
- Insanity 9y agoMay he rest in peace. As a kid, I loved reading "a brief history of time". To me, both Hawking and RFP have been influential in discovering my passion for the sciences. A great loss for sure, but at a beautiful age, especially considering ALS.
- By-Jokese 9y agoRIP Stephen Hawking.
- wolph 9y agoHe's the perfect example of how much you can achieve even on borrowed time. There's never a reason to truly lose hope
- dev1n 9y agoI remember being in the fifth grade and finding my dad’s copy of “A Brief History of Time” and thinking to myself “wow that’s an interesting title..” I read it all (barely understanding any of it really cause I was 10) to my hearts content. That book taught me how to ask questions and think differently. I am so so grateful to have inhabited the Earth the same time Stephen Hawking did. Thank you for igniting my curiosity. Rest In Peace.
- amyl27 9y agoRest In Peace Hawking
- bitwize 9y ago76 years isn't a bad run, and it's amazing for someone with ALS (which also took my uncle a couple years ago). And he did much more with that time than most of us would even be able to countenance. He was a modern-day Einstein, in the sense that his tremendous contributions to science have made him the face of science itself in the public eye. It's just like Hawking to check out on Pi Day.
- interlocutor 9y agoFWIW, Stephen Hawking's son works in the tech industry. He is a software engineer at Microsoft. See https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/stephen-hawkings-family-children-inherit-12185407 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/stephen-hawk...
- heedlessly2 9y agocan we just give his family some privacy? Jeez...
- mojomark 9y agoDr. Hawking has had a profound influance on my life, and I presume the same for many others on HN. For some reason I found solace today in this song "Page One", which I'm just going to leave here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2HZEJcDdPUh1umsw4qcY1X?si=3Vf-DXNWQGu6q5810nH-QA https://open.spotify.com/track/2HZEJcDdPUh1umsw4qcY1X?si=3Vf...
- justmyopinion1 9y agoI always felt like God saw SH and felt like he is going too fast in his discoveries toward God and may end up discovering God which God obviously doesn't want to happen and so wen he saw that at SH's age of 21 he hit the motor neuron switch off and just left his life and mind on so that everyone can know what SH has done so far. RIP SH. Wherever he has gone, if there is any remote possibility to contact us back, i am sure he will figure it out. Am just gonna keep waiting to hear back from him...
- jonbarker 9y agoWe owe him, Sagan, Feynman and a few others a debt of gratitude for writing and speaking about their discoveries to the general public. Without their realization that more people should be aware of this stuff, no popular science!
- PaulHoule 9y agoAt risk of being voted down I will say that the time in which Hawking has worked has been a "dark ages" for physics in my mind. (As a physics PhD; and I don't blame Hawking for this, rather the rest of the environment.) Circa 1970 the number of physics PhD's produced has outstripped the number of permanent jobs in physics, sometimes by a factor of 30:1! One result of that is that physicists have to make it through a keyhole to get established. Another change that has happened since then has been a profound disconnect between theory and experiment. Back in the day, Einstein could make a prediction about light being bent by the Sun and have it be confirmed in his own lifetime. The "modern" physics superstar like Hawking or Witten just doesn't do that. When neutron oscillations were finally detected after years, it is almost forgotten who to give credit for for the theory because it is really just a conjecture that some matrix element isn't zero. Even in condensed matter there is the spectacle of seeing theoreticians dogpile on the problem of cuprate oxide superconductivity for 20 years without making any progress until an experimentalist noted stripes in the electron density. The result of it is that you get ahead by getting the approval of much older physicists, not by understanding the world. As for Hawking himself, his ideas about information loss in black holes, the wavefunction not being unitary and all that were just plain bad ideas that held back quantum gravity by 30 years or so.
- darkerside 9y agoI'm a tech worker not a scientist, but I think I understand. What frustrates me more than groupthink itself is when a group of people who consider themselves truth seekers somehow considers themselves immune to groupthink.
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- scraft 9y agoYou ignored what life presented you, And strived to achieve your goal. You took the time to share with us, The universe, big and small. You reminded us what makes a man, Comes from deep inside. With your wicked sense of humour, And your persistence to survive. We thank you for all that you did, And for all that you will do. You may no longer live amongst us, But we will still look up to you. RIP Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018.
- neelkadia 9y agoRIP
- your-nanny 9y agoOne stable genius died yesterday, RIP. The other can fall into a black hole.
- amyjess 9y agoI'm going to provide a slightly different perspective from what I've seen, not just here but in other communities as well. I've seen a lot of people talking about how his death was such a horrible thing, how it saddens them. I don't see it that way. Sure, the world was a better place with his expertise, but the man had been suffering for decades with one of the most horrifying diseases in the world, and in the end I'm just glad that he's not suffering anymore. I hope that, wherever he is, he's finally free.
- baby 9y agoThis is a very sad day.
- bhnmmhmd 9y agoLike many others, my first reaction to this news was "Whaaat? WTF?" He was a great man, and a true inspiration to all of us. May he rest in peace. It's weird now, because I feel like the generation of physicists who were able to get close to people and think about the really important problems, is simply gone. His death reminded me how much enthusiastic I was about the origin(s) of the universe and such fundamental questions. But like many others, I couldn't find my way in science and am now millions of miles away from that. Maybe everyone has a path (destiny) and mine wasn't in science.
- hypertexthero 9y ago:( Keep Talking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Talking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Talking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjwvvmEn2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjwvvmEn2M
- whiddershins 9y agoI can’t explain why, but I’ve never felt so appreciative of the HN black bar
- allpratik 9y agoI always thought Stephen Hawking to be an epitome of what could science possibly do. The way he had used technology to remain alive as well work productively for so long is really mesmerising. One of my close friend recently lost his entire vision due to optic nerve atrophy. And since then he is sort of lost and we used Stephen Hawking example many times to cheer him and overcome his new disability. And it works as well. It hurts me a lot to realise now that one of the greatest dreamer of our time is simply gone now. Sadly his brief period has come to an end. RIP Stephen Hawking.
- intopieces 9y agoIf you have not seen it, the documentary “A Brief History of Time,” which is not an adaptation of the book but interviews with Hawking and his colleagues, and family, is excellent and worth your time.
- senderista 9y agoBest tribute I've read, from his collaborator Roger Penrose: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawk...
- intopieces 9y agoI'd like us to take a moment to recognize how excellent his website is: http://www.hawking.org.uk/ http://www.hawking.org.uk/ Straight to the point. Easy to navigate. The most modern addition is the facebook like button, but even that is unobtrusive.
- AtomicOrbital 9y agodescription of some of the work Stephen has left us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsNjHaKwN5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsNjHaKwN5E
- icc97 9y agoA quote I got from my Harvest timer this morning: > “The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.” > – Stephen Hawking
- amai 9y ago"And however difficult life may seem, there's always something you can do and succeed at." -- Stephen Hawking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrVVvXOIwQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrVVvXOIwQc