Obituary - Professor Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018

Chris Merriman
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Professor Stephen Hawking overcome the debilitating effects of motor neuron disease diagnosed at the age of just 21

Professor Stephen Hawking, arguably the greatest physicist since Albert Einstein - certainly the most inspirational - has died aged 76. Hawking was already recognised as a tour-de-force in acade...

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