My favorite Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking passed at 77.
Although I say favorite, I cannot say most revered since I do not agree with his postulates, despite their almost universal acceptance by the modern scientific community.
There's nothing peer-reviewed about me as I am not even a physicist but I believe that old Albert was the most pioneering and accurate discoverer in the realm of physics.
Hawking suffered from Motor Neuron Disease since his early days at university and has spent most of his life as a quadriplegic, requiring a machine to produce a computerized voice to communicate what he wrote by means of additional technology controlled by his mouth and later his eyes.
Hawing published a book titled "A brief history of time" which produced over 10 million sales and much excitement about the a perception of things as they are.
The book details Hawking's conception of the origin and development of the Universe as we know it and predicted its return to its point of origin at a distant point in time.
This volume held a best-seller position for over 5 years and was translated into 35 languages by 2001.
Hawking's dream was a unified theory of physics, which he hoped to develop himself but unfortunately did not reach that goal.
Such a theory may shed light on the nature of God, or so some believe. I have no doubt that a unified 'theory' is hidden out there, and that it would indeed reveal the nature of God, but few there will ever be that come to a knowledge thereof, and those will be they who learn it from through godliness.
Professor Hawking was involved in two films of late :
The Theory of Everything (2014) by James Marsh
which depicts his life and times
and
{Interstellar](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/trivia)
about which some interesting information is available in the link provided above.
I do not share his primary opinions but have great respect for his brilliance, tenacity and work, especially considering the hand dealt him during his mortal sojourn.
Many consider Professor Hawking as the greatest physicist of all.
Well he has now joined whatever comes after this mortal life and if it is anything but nothing, then he has quite possibly learned part of the answer to his life long quest.
In any event, the world is much poorer for his passing and he will certainly be missed.
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