Tag: Stephen Hawking

Bigwigs who died in 2018

PARIS: From soul diva Aretha Franklin to astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and former UN chief Kofi Annan, here are some of the notable figures who...

He was Hawking, not hawkish!

By Ravi Kumar Stephen William Hawking, whose life was astoundingly far-reaching, is still receiving outpourings of praise and love for the contributions that he made...

Stephen Hawking’s family invites time travellers to his send-off

LONDON: Stephen Hawking’s family have invited time travellers to his memorial service, seeking to tackle one of the curiosities that eluded the British physicist...

Minister asks young people to follow Hawking’s courage

Ahsan says Pakistan lacks scientists, researchers; suggests critical, analytical thinking approach ‘Govt to increase education budget from Rs 35 billion to Rs50 billion...

Friends, family, public flock to funeral of physicist Stephen Hawking

Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge on Saturday for the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking, hailed by another leading scientist as “an imprisoned...

Friends, family prepare to bid final goodbye to Stephen Hawking

CAMBRIDGE: Friends, family and colleagues of British scientist Stephen Hawking will gather Saturday to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where...

Stephen Hawking to join greatest scientists in final resting place

LONDON: British physicist Stephen Hawking is to take his place among some of the greatest scientists in history when his ashes are interred inside...

Stephen Hawking, the ‘superhuman’ pop culture star

LONDON: Very few people may have read and understood A Brief History of Time, but the physicist Stephen Hawking carved himself out a place...

British scientist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

 LONDON: Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday. ”We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed...

Stephen Hawking says nothing was around before ‘the big bang’

NEW YORK: British physicist Stephen Hawking has said that there was nothing around before the big bang that created our universe. “There was nothing around...

Stephen Hawking’s advice for people with depression

On the occasion of his 76th birthday, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking spoke at the Reith Lecture at the Royal Institute in London about depression. The...

Cambridge website crashes after it put Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis online

  Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking's doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university's website. Completed in 1966 when Hawking was 24,...