Stephen Hawking, the world-famous English scientist has died today at the age of 76. His family confirmed his death on Wednesday morning through an official statement.
The modern-day science genius believed that he was destined to study about the cosmos so all his life, he worked to uncover its secrets and did his best to expose it to the world.
“My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”
As mentioned in The Guardian, Hawking was diagnosed with a terminal disease known as ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis when he was 21. It is a crippling ailment where the nerves controlling the muscles are shutting down. With his diagnosis, doctors gave him just about a few years to live but Stephen Hawking beat the odds and miraculously lived with the disease for more than five decades.
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