Stephen Hawking passes away |
As the news broke of the beloved physicist`s death, fans and well-wishers took to Twitter and other social media to pay tribute to one of the greatest minds of our time. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76 in the early hours of March 14, 2018. The cosmologist and author of the best-selling book A Brief History of Time was one of science`s biggest celebrities since Albert Einstein. Prof. Hawking was born on January 9, 1942, the 300th death anniversary of Galileo and died on the 139th birthday of Einstein. Hawking had visited India in 2001 to deliver the Albert Einstein Memorial Lecture 2001 titled `Predicting the Future: From Astrology to Black Holes.` He met with the then-President K.R. Narayanan who later described the meeting as "an unforgettable experience.
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