Dr Stephen Hawking January 8, 1942 – March 14, 2018
British theoretical physicist cosmologist, author
Director, Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, University of Cambridge
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Dr Stephen Hawking has passed this earthly existence yesterday at the age of 76 surpassing all the gloom and doom of a two year life expectancy pronounced when he was first diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 21 by an astonishing margin.
He claimed that his disease caused him to no longer be bored with life and allowed him to immerse himself in his studies and it is certainly evident in that productivity in the form of teaching, and publishing but more so cultivating a reputation as the foremost expert on quantum mechanics, or the math which deals with describing the motion and interactions of subatomic paricles and those associated principles.
Dr Hawking and I differed in faith, mine firmly rooted in the Christianity of my childhood; his passing by the wayside of atheism as happens with so many scientists.
He now knows for certain which one of us is correct in that spiritual respect.
One thing is sure, this academe turned television star and pop icon will be missed.