London : London-based auction house Christie’s has announced an online sale of 22 items from the late British physicist Stephen Hawking including one of his wheelchairs and complex scientific papers. The scientific papers, including one of five existing copies of Hawking’s Ph.D. thesis in 1965 with an estimated price of 100,000 to 150,000 pounds (about […]
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There’s no God: Stephen Hawking in his last book
New Delhi : In “Brief Answers To The Big Questions”, the last book published in renowned physicist Stephen Hawkings name, he has reached the conclusion that there is no God. “There is no God. No one directs the universe,” he writes in “Brief Answers to the Big Questions, a copy of which is with IANS. […]
Hawking rests between Newton, Darwin at Westminster Abbey
London : The ashes of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking have been laid to rest at London’s iconic Westminster Abbey alongside the graves of two of humanity’s greatest scientists, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, while a satellite dish beamed a recording of his distinctive voice into a black hole in deep space. Relatives, scientists, […]
Family, friends attend Hawking’s funeral in Cambridge
London : Hundreds of family and friends, including actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Stephen Hawking in the 2014 biographical drama “The Theory of Everything,” attended the renowned scientist’s private funeral Saturday in Cambridge. The service honoring Hawking was held at the University of Cambridge’s St. Mary the Great church, even though the celebrated cosmologist and […]
Stephen Hawking’s funeral held in Cambridge
London : The funeral service of British physicist Stephen Hawking was held in Cambridge on Saturday in presence of stars and academics who turned out to pay tribute to the world-famous professor. Up to 500 family members, friends and colleagues attended the private funeral service at the Great St. Mary’s Church, officiated by the Reverend Dr […]
What a life: Indian film industry mourns Hawking’s demise
Mumbai : Actors, filmmakers and music experts from the Indian film industry mourned the death of British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose contribution to science and humanity they will remember for a lifetime. Hawking, who shaped modern cosmology and inspired millions despite suffering from a life-threatening condition, died in London on Wednesday. He was 76. Here’s […]
Indians are so good at mathematics and physics: Hawking in India
New Delhi : It was January 2001 when British physicist Stephen Hawking came to India for the first time, later describing the 16-day long tour as “magnificent”. In the first leg of the tour in Mumbai, Hawking addressed an international physics seminar at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). He was felicitated with the […]
Nobel Prize remained elusive for Hawking
New Delhi : Hailed as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein, Professor Stephen Hawking never won a Nobel Prize. This is because his theories about the Black Hole and the Big Bang — though accepted in theoretical physics — were never verified. According to Timothy Ferris, author of ‘The Science of […]
Hawking treated Artificial Intelligence as threat to humanity
New Delhi : Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who died on Wednesday, always warned against Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its growing dominance over humanity. “Earth is becoming too small and humanity is bound to self-destruct, with AI replacing us as the dominant being on the planet,” he told wired.com in November 2017. “I fear […]
Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76
London : Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died early on Wednesday, his family said. He was 76. The Briton was known for his ground-breaking work with black holes and relativity, and was the author of several popular science books including “A Brief History of Time”. A BBC report quoted his children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, as […]