Eight quotes to remember legendary physicist Stephen Hawking by
British physicist Stephen Hawking has passed away following a nearly 54-year-long battle with motor neurone disease and we've pieced together eight quote to remember him by.
Stephen Hawking is undoubtedly one of the greatest minds to have ever lived and has proposed several theories that have led to never-seen-before fields of study.
One of his most profound breakthroughs was the discovery that black holes aren’t vacuums, disproving a theory that had been around for ages.
Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8 January 1942 and was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at age 21. He was given a mere few years to live.
Hawking would defy all medical odds and lived to the age of 76 before his passing in his home in Cambridge early this morning (14 March).
He got married twice and has three children.
He was also the author of several books, with his most profound and well-known A Brief History of Time (1988), The Universe in a Nutshell (2001), The Grand Design (2010), as well as a book he wrote with his daughter Lucy, titled George’s Secret Key to the Universe (2007).
Hawking was also someone with a cheeky sense of humour and appeared on television shows such as The Simpsons, Futurama and Big Bang Theory.
Stephen William Hawking will live on forever as one of the brightest and most profound scientists to grace the scientific fraternity.
In honour of a life well lived, we have pieced together eight of our favourite Stephen Hawking quotes.
Rest in peace Professor Hawking, you will never be forgotten.
1. I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.
2. I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.
3. However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
4. While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behaviour because there are far too many equations to solve. I’m no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.
5. Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
6. If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.
7. People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
8. Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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