These Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About Stephen Hawking

8. He Was The First Quadriplegic To Experience Zero Gravity Aboard A Zero Gravity Corporation Flight

9. He Was Awarded The 2009 Presidential Medal Of Freedom

10. He Became The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics At The Cambridge – A Post Once Held By Sir Isaac Newton

11. His Life Was Dramatized In The 2014 Movie, “The Theory Of Everything.”

12. He Had Atleast 12 Honorary Degrees And Was Awarded The CBE in 1982

CBE means the Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire which is considered a major honor for a British citizen and is one rank below knighthood.

13. In 2013, Hawking Published “My Brief History,” A Biography That Looks At His Life And The Development Of His Intellect

14. He Was  A Co-author Of Children’s Book “George’s Secret Key To The Universe”

Tributes poured in for Stephen Hawking who has died aged 76.

“We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,” Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, said in a statement. “He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humor inspired people across the world.”

May you keep flying like superman in microgravity

Remembering Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist and ambassador of science. His theories unlocked a universe of possibilities that we & the world are exploring. May you keep flying like superman in microgravity, as you said to astronauts on @Space_Station in 2014 pic.twitter.com/FeR4fd2zZ5

— NASA (@NASA) March 14, 2018

His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake.

His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure. Stephen Hawking, RIP 1942-2018. pic.twitter.com/nAanMySqkt

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 14, 2018

We lost a great one today.

We lost a great one today. Stephen Hawking will be remembered for his incredible contributions to science – making complex theories and concepts more accessible to the masses. He’ll also be remembered for his spirit and unbounded pursuit to gain a complet…https://t.co/z1du859Gy2

— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) March 14, 2018

That says something.

I recall when we has giving lectures and it was a huge effort for him to speak (before the tracheotomy and the computer voice) he still made the effort to throw jokes in. That says something.

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) March 14, 2018

A truly fabulous human being.

It had to happen, eventually. We were lucky to have him for so long, and I was lucky to be able to work with him. A truly fabulous human being. Stephen Hawking. Funny, perverse, and, of course, brilliant.

— errolmorris (@errolmorris) March 14, 2018

Normally people get disheartened if they fail to get good marks and percentage. I saw many people who lost hope in life just because they had a minor accident. For all those Stephen Hawking is a true inspiration who had great self-motivation and willpower that led him to make his own mark in the field of Physics. Isn’t it? Share us in the comments. These scientists lost their lives to their own inventions.

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