I am extremely sad to report that visionary
scientist and physicist Stephen Hawking has
passed away at the age of 76.
Welcome back to IO, I’m Charlotte Dobre.
Stephen Hawking was living breathing proof
that you can overcome anything.
He was diagnosed with ALS, a neurodegenerative
disease when he was only 21.
At the time, doctors told him that he would
only live a few more years.
He lived a further 55 years.
Though he lived most of his life in a wheelchair,
speaking through a synthesizer, he was known
as one of the most influential scientific
minds on the planet.
He held the position of Lucasian professor
of mathematics at Cambridge University, a
job that sir Isacc newton had between 1669
and 1702.
Hawking was a physicist a cosmologist, astronomer,
mathematician and an author.
His most famous book, a brief history of time,
has sold 10 million copies worldwide.
While he was alive, he had many warnings for
the future of humanity.
He warned that the earth would be destroyed
by global warming.
He also said that if global warming didn’t
wipe us out, an asteroid would.
He warned against the dangers of Artificial
intelligence, where it might replace humans
altogether.
Hawking’s children, Lucy Robert and Tim
released a statement on March 13th, announcing
the death of their father.
He once said ‘it would not be much of a
universe I it wasn’t home to the people
you love.
Professor Stephen hawking had one final warning
before he died.
He believed that if we as humans have any
hope of survival as a species, we will have
to forge a new life in space and on other
planets.
I like to think that In a way, Stephen hawking
has left this earth, and his soul is out there
in the cosmos somewhere.
Rest in peace Stephen.
You were one of the greatest scientific minds
this world has ever known, and we will miss
you dearly.
That is all for now and thank you for watching
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