Stephen Hawking Passed Away At The Age Of 76!

Phnom Penh- Stephen Hawking, The British physicist and cosmology, passed away peacefully at the age of 76 on 14^th March morning. It is apparently confirmed by his family who released a statement of his death at his home Cambridge.

His children issued a statement: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world”.

Diagnosed a disease, the shut down the control of the muscle, at age 21, he was confined to an electric wheelchair during his adult life. Hawking’s fame increased as his health worsened. After an incidence of tracheotomy in 1985 that took away his ability to speak, He communicated his ideas through an American-accented speech synthesizer.

He is also an author who published many books related to Universe, especially a book called “ A Brief of History of Time “ who attracts a mass attention worldwide. After its publishing, it has become of the best-selling book and there are 10 millions copies in 40 languages. As a result, he gained an international prominence for the first time in 1988. Moreover, he began to write a book about the Black Hole and won the prestigious Gravity Research Foundation Award.

Stephen’s remarkable combination of boldness, vision, insight and courage have enabled him to produce ideas that have transformed our understanding of space and time, black holes and the origin of the universe.

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