Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking – an English theoretical physicist. During his lifetime he became famous for his research on black holes and the theory of the origin of the Universe. He gained wide popularity thanks to the book "A Brief History of Time", which sold 10 million copies worldwide.

At the age of 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an incurable disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or so-called "motor neurone disease", which later led to paralysis. The scientist later also lost the ability to speak. Despite this, he did not stop doing science, even while confined to a wheelchair and communicating with people through a computer speech synthesiser.

He predicted the inevitable destruction of the Earth and advised humanity to move to other planets.

Stephen Hawking died on March 14, 2018, at the age of 76.