WON'T TAKE EFFECT NEXT WEEK
WHILE A LAWSUIT OVER THE LAW
PROCEEDS.
DR. STEPHEN HAWKING/ PHYSICIST:
"AT ONE POINT, I THOUGHT I WOULD
SEE THE END OF PHYSICS AS WE
KNOW IT. BUT NOW I THINK THE
WONDER OF DISCOVERY WILL
CONTINUE LONG AFTER I AM GONE."
MARK:
THE WORLD IS REMEMBERING STEPHEN
HAWKING TONIGHT... WHO DIED AT
THE AGE OF 76. HE OUTLIVED HIS
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY DECADES...
BECOMING A THEORETICAL
PHYSICIST.
AND PUBLISHING SOME WILDLY
POPULAR BOOKS -- INCLUDING , "A
BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME."
HAWKING LIVED WITH A-L- S...
WHICH LEFT HIM
VIRTUALLY PARALYZED -- AND
SPEAKING WITH A
VOICE SYNTHESIZER.
DESPITE THIS -- HAWKING NEVER
LET HIS OWN PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS
BOUND HIM.
MARK:
THE CHIEF SCIENTIST AT COSI,THE
CENTER OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
IS ALSO AN ASTRO PHYSICIST WITH
OSU, WHO MET STEPHEN HAWKING
SEVERAL TIMES.
CALLING HIM A MENTOR AND GENIUS
WHO BUILT
OFF OF EINSTIEN, GALILEO AND
NEWTON. NBC4'S RICK REITZEL
CAUGHT UP WITH HIM FOR A LOOK AT
THE MAN AND SCIENTIST.
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RICK REITZEL: "BEST SELLING
AUTHOR AND PHYSICIST STEPHAN
HAWKING ASTONDED THE WORLD WITH
HIS INSIGHTS INTO THE
NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE."
ALTHOUGH COSI CHIEF SCIENTIST
DR. PAUL SUTTER ONLY MET STEPHEN
HAWKING BREIFLY, HE SAYS HIS
IMPACT WAS GREAT.
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DR. PAUL SUTTER, COSI
SCIENTIST,: "BUT THE WORK HE DID
ESPECIALLY IN THE 1980S LAID THE
GROUNDWORK FOR A LOT OF MY
RESEARCH INTO THE EARLY
UNIVERSE."
HAWKING BATTLED LOU GEHRIG'S
DISEASE FOR 55
YEARS BUT SUTTER SAID HE
EXCELLED.
SUTTER,: "SO EVEN THROUGH OVER
THE COURSE OF DECADES HIS
PHYSICAL CONDITION CONTINUED TO
DETERIOATE, HIS MENTAL
FACILITIES REMAINED RAZER
SHARP,"
HAWKING USED CUTTING EDGE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP
WORKING TILL THE END.
SUTTER,: "HE WAS STILL ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE THOSE IDEAS, HAVE
CONVERSTIONS AND DIALOGS,
DISAGREEMENTS
WITH COLLEGUES. PUBLISH NEW
IDEAS AND MAKE GROUND- BREAKING
RESULTS,"
HAWKING WAS ALSO A BEST-SELLING
NOVELIST IN DOWN-TO-EARTH BOOKS
MORE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY THE
MAN-ON-THE-STREET.
SUTTER,: "IT SET THE TEMPLATE
FOR ALL OTHER POPULAR SCIENCE
BOOKS ON COSMOLOGY AND
THEORETICAL PHYSICS THAT
CAME AFTER."
SUTTER SAYS WE SHOULD MOURN HIS
DEATH, BUT
CELEBRATE HIS TENACITY AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SUTTER,: "WE ARE RELATIVELY
LUCKY NOT JUST AS A PHYSICS
COMMUNITY, BUT IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD THAT THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE
DID NOT TAKE HIM AS QUICKLY AS
IT NORMALLY DOES,"
REITZEL,: "HAWKING'S FIRST
BOOK A BRIEF HISTORY IN TIME,
SOLD 10 MILLION COPIES. LOCAL
