Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018

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  Stephen Hawking, science's brightest star, dies aged 76

  The Guardian - Ian Sample

  Tributes poured in on Wednesday to Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions. He died at the age of 76 in the early hours of Wednesday morning. In a statement that confirmed his death at home …

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  'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary by Roger Penrose

  The Guardian - Roger Penrose

  The image of Stephen Hawking – who has died aged 76 – in his motorised wheelchair, with head contorted slightly to one side and hands crossed over to work the controls, caught the public imagination, as a true symbol of the triumph of mind over matter. As with the Delphic oracle of ancient Greece, …

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  From The Simpsons to Pink Floyd: Stephen Hawking in popular culture

  The Guardian - Will Dean

  ‘This Oscar,” declared Eddie Redmayne, delirious, “belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family.” The family was the Hawkings. Redmayne had just been named best actor at the 2014 Academy Awards and, while co-ownership of Redmayne’s statuette …

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  The life of Stephen Hawking – in pictures

  The Guardian

  Stephen Hawking during a presentation at the Free University of Berlin. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Stephen Hawking circa 1985. Photograph: Gemma Levine/Getty Images Giving a speech during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics in London. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Receiving the …

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  A brief history of A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

  The Guardian

  I first encountered Stephen Hawking on the cover of the New York Times magazine. Inside, its pages told a story we all know today, but at the time it was a revelation: a Cambridge astrophysicist sought to solve the great mysteries of the universe, while he himself was trapped in a wheelchair by a …

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  'Remember to look up at the stars': the best Stephen Hawking quotes

  The Guardian - Michael McGowan

  Stephen Hawking, who has died aged 76, combined a soaring intellect and a mischievous sense of humour that made him an icon of both academia and popular culture. Here are some of his greatest quotes: