Sivuke namhlanje ekuseni ngomhlaka 14 Mashi 2018 sinezindaba ezibuhlungu: isazi sezinkanyezi esidumile saseBrithani UStephen Hawking ushone namhlanje ekuseni ekhaya lakhe eCambridge eneminyaka engama-76, njengoba kuqinisekiswe okhulumela umndeni.
Waziwa emhlabeni wonke njengenye yezingqondo ezihlakaniphe kakhulu ezikhathini zamuva, uStephen Hawking akagcinanga ngokukhanyisa ngesayensi, kepha futhi unikeze isifundo emzabalazweni wempilo. Sitholwe ngesifo se-neurodegenerative i-Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ELA) kudlule konke okulindelwe impilo (unyaka owodwa noma emibili) odokotela abakubikezela eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-1 edlule.
UStephen William Hawking unezingane ezi-3: ULucy, uRobert noTim, abamemezele ngemuva kokushona kukayise lawa mazwi alandelayo: Isibindi nokuphikelela kwakhe, kanye namahlaya akhe nobuhlakani bakhe, kwagqugquzela abantu emhlabeni wonke. Sizomkhumbula unomphela.
Phakathi kwempumelelo yakhe evelele kunaleyo ephathelene neBlack Holes. I-Hawking yathuthukisa umbono wezimbobo ezimnyama futhi yabonisa ukuthi zingakhipha imisebe. Emibhalweni yesayensi, usosayensi odumile unikele ngemisebenzi ehlukene, hhayi kwezemfundo kuphela, kodwa futhi ethandwayo ukuletha isayensi kubabukeli abaningi kakhulu. Phakathi kwemisebenzi yakhe evelele kakhulu kukhona: "Umlando Wesikhathi", "Umkhathi Ngokufingqiwe" noma "Umbono Wakho Konke." Lesi sakamuva sinikeze negama laso kwifilimu ebhalwe ngabantu e-cinema emuva ngo-2014.
Ekugcineni, Abangane bakhe nozakwabo eNyuvesi yaseCambridge, eNyuvesi lapho athola khona iziqu zobudokotela kwiCosmology ngo-1979, bafuna khokha intela lo sosayensi okhaliphile futhi ushicilele ividiyo kwimemori yakhe "Ungayibona phezulu phezulu." Esitatimendeni esisemthethweni, umndeni ubonga neNyuvesi ngokuvula incwadi yenduduzo ezotholakala kubo bonke abafuna ukuhlonipha usosayensi ohlonishwayo.