Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home Wednesday morning. Hawking had suffered from a rare form of ALS from the age of 22, and had not been expected to survive more than a few years. But he not only survived, he went on to propose a unified theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
Hawking also studied black holes, and theorized they emit radiation, which is called Hawking radiation. His 1988 book A Brief History of Time set a record at the top of the…The post RIP Stephen Hawking appeared first on FeedBox.