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Stephen William Hawking born 8th January 1942, passed away peacefully at his home in Cambridge, England. For decades Stephen Hawking battled motor neuron disease, which left him incapacitated. Although he was left completely paralyzed all his life, many have walked the path which he paved through his scientific breakthroughs.
A goofy and humorous guy, Hawking attended Oxford gaining a first-class degree and proceeded to attended Cambridge for his postgraduate.
Unlike his adult life, teenage Hawking enjoyed horse- riding and rowing, but later being diagnosed with motor-neuron disease left him completely immobilized.
But even this tragic incident was not enough to stop Hawking from pursuing his aspirations. During this time he was preparing to marry his first wife, Jane in 1964. By 1988 they had three kids and in the meantime Hawking had also completed writing ‘A Brief History of Time’ – a layman’s guide to cosmology.
Hawking also went on to discover the phenomenon known as Hawking radiation, where black holes leak energy and dissolves into nothing. Despite being physically deprived, he was famed for his astounding proficiency to visualise scientific solutions without any calculation or experiment. It was his “Theory of Everything” that had gained him a world-wide recognition.
He had also inspired many in the pop culture; Actor Eddie Redmayne played the character of Stephen Hawking in the movie “The Theory of Everything” which earned him an Oscar. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch played him in television.
The legendary rock group Pink Floyd used his synthesised voice for the introduction to Keep Talking, on their 1994 album The Division Bell.
He once stated that he had motor neurone disease all his adult life but that didn’t stop him from having a wonderful family and being successful in his work.
"It shows that one need not lose hope." He said.
