JAPAN, AFTER BEING SENT ON THE
WRONG FLIGHT.
THIS WEEK, THE WORLD LOST
ONE OF ITS MOST FAMOUS
SCIENTIFIC MINDS WHEN STEPHEN
HAWKING DIED AT THE AGE OF 76.
CONFINE TO A WHEELCHAIR,
FORCED TO USE A MACHINE TO
SPEAK, HE REMAINED UNDETERRED
BY ALS.
EVEN MORE, HE HELPED ALL OF US
NON-SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND OUR
UNIVERSE A LITTLE BIT BERT.
TONIGHT WE HAVE GIVE STEPHEN
HAWKING THREE CHEERS.
AT TIMES STEPHEN HAWKING
EVEN SEEMED SURPRISED BY HIS
SUCCESS, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST
SCIENTIFIC MINDS WHO REFUSED
TO BE CONFINED BY HIS DISEASE.
QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET SO
FAR.
HAWKING'S WORK SEND HEARD
ON THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE
, BLACK HOLES, THE BIG
BANG, SPACE IN TIME.
HE REALLY WAS VERY MUCH
LIKE THE EINSTEIN OF THIS ERA.
EVEN MORE, CO-EXPLAIN THESE
COMPLICATED IDEAS IN
UNCOMPLICATED WAYS.
I THINK THE WAY IN WHICH HE
OPENED THE DOOR TO A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE VERY
EARLIEST HISTORY OF THE
UNIVERSE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
TOTALLY ALTERED OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
UNIVERSE WORKS.
REMARKABLE, A MAN SO BOUND
BY GRAF AT THIS, CONFINED TO A
WHEELCHAIR, WOULD BE THE ONE
TO DISCOVER SO MUCH ABOUT OUR
UNIVERSE.
AFTER ALL OF THAT RESEARCH
PROBING SOME OF THE DEEPEST
QUESTIONS IN SCIENCE, HE
FAMOUSLY ADVISE TODAY REMEMBER
TO LOOK AT THE STARS AND NOT
AT YOUR FEET.
A PHYSICIST REMINDER THE WORLD
IS AN ENORMOUS PLACE, WITH
MANY LESSONS TO OFFER, AND
PLENTY OF WONDER TO APPRECIATE
IF WE PAY ATTENTION.
FOR THAT, WE GIVE STEPHEN
HAWKING THREE CHEERS.
AND HE WILL CERTAINLY BE
REMEMBERED FOR GENERATIONS AND
GENERATION TOSS COME.
HE DID HAVE A PHILADELPHIA
CONNECTION, ACTUALLY, BACK IN
1981 HE RECEIVED THE FRANKLIN
MEDAL FOR PHYSICS AT THE
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.
