Archive for April, 2009
Famed Physicist Stephen Hawking Rushed to Hospital
by xrammyx on Apr.20, 2009, under My World
LONDON — Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a hospital and is seriously ill, Cambridge University said Monday.
The university said Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks, and was being treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the university city north of London.
“Professor Hawking is very ill,” said Gregory Hayman, the university’s head of communications. “He is undergoing tests. He has been unwell for a couple of weeks.”
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Hawking, 67, gained renown for his work on black holes, and has remained active despite being diagnosed at 21 with motor neurone disease, an incurable degenerative disease also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
For some years, Hawking has been almost entirely paralyzed, and he communicates through an electronic voice synthesizer activated by his fingers.
“Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague. We all hope he will be amongst us again soon,” said Professor Peter Haynes, head of the university’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
Hawking had canceled an appearance at Arizona State University on April 6 because of his illness.
He announced last year that he would step down from his post as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a title once held by the great 18th century physicist Isaac Newton, at the end of this academic year.
However, the university said Hawking intended to continue working as Emeritus Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
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by xrammyx on Apr.17, 2009, under My World
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