Stephen Hawking, RIP

One of the great minds of our time, Prof. Stephen Hawking, passed away on March 14, 2018, at the age of 76. This was some 50 or so years longer than doctors thought he would live when he showed symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as 'Lou Gehrig's disease') as a young man.

He was often called the Albert Einstein of his generation, and worked to extend Einstein's theory of general relativity. He was a world expert in black holes, evolution of the universe, quantum applications to general relativity, and other topics. His ashes will be laid to rest near Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin in Westminster Abbey, in London.