The theoretical physicist met his onscreen avatar on BAFTA night.
Known as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein, here are a few glimpses of Stephen Hawking's life.
One of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein passes into worlds beyond our understanding.
The private funeral service at the University Church of St Mary the Great near Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge University was chosen by Professor Hawking's children.
Our first contact from an advanced civilization could be equivalent to when Native Americans first encountered Christopher Columbus and things "didn't turn out so well", Hawking said in a new online film.
The many reasons why the famed scientist was a minor celebrity in Hollywood.
Physicist Stephen Hawking to trademark his name.
Defying the odds of medicine, Stephen Hawking, widely regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists, celebrated his 70th birthday on Sunday.
Hawking is backing a 75-million movement to establish postgraduate centres for advanced maths and physics in Africa. The project has the support of leading entrepreneurs and scientists, according to a report in The Sunday Times.
When I met him last year for his 75th birthday, he seemed frail. There was a sense of urgency. I will miss Stephen. His passing fills me with sadness.
The scientist said he had offered to give his DNA to a project to scan the human genetic code for clues to the cause, in an initiative backed by the MND Association.
Celebrated Cambridge-based scientist Stephen Hawking has said a belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people who are afraid of death.
A scientist, his daughter, a curious boy named George and a supercomputer: Ingredients, all, in an upcoming work of fiction that sets out to demystify the secrets of the universe, for a young audience.
Stephen Hawking, who has decoded some of the most puzzling secrets of the universe, has revealed that for him women are the only enduring mystery of the universe he has found impossible to crack.
Abhas Mitra of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre was perhaps the first and the only scientist to have questioned Hawking's concept of black holes.
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Donald Trump 'is a demagogue', says one of the world's top scientists Stephen Hawking.
HowStuffWorks, a popular edutainment website, in a recent feature brought forth some rare aspects related to Hawking's life and work. We present a report:
In 2012 Rediff.com had published a feature on the rare aspects of Hawking's life and work, based on a feature by popular edutainment website HowStuffWorks, which we reproduce.
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He painted a grave picture of the future while delivering a lecture on the universe and the origins of human beings at the Oxford Union debating society.
Brazilian football star Neymar shared a photograph of himself smiling in a wheelchair on Twitter that is causing quite a stir.
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Vardhan, however, parried questions on the source of the information.
"He was my teacher, and I knew him from a time when he could speak. Personally it's a huge loss. Hawking is special because he is larger than life," Raychaudhury said.
Stephen Hawking, in his final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, considered an asteroid collision to be the biggest threat to the planet. At this point, we are as well prepared as dinosaurs were when a 10-km wide asteroid hit the planet 65 million years ago, notes Kumar Abishek.
After nearly 30 years of arguing that a black hole destroys everything that falls into it, Stephen Hawking says he was wrong.
A film as strongly scripted and impeccably executed as The Theory of Everything will be remembered for longer than Stephen Hawking's estimate of the end of time, says Paloma Sharma.
Even though his theory is now firmly accepted in theoretical physics, there was no way to verify if black holes are mortal, according to Timothy Ferris, author of The Science of Liberty.
A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in United Kingdom has stunned everyone after she scored an incredible 162 on her IQ test -- even higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking challenged athletes to "look to the stars" on Wednesday as he helped open a record-setting Paralympics Games that will run for 11 days in near sold-out venues.
Here's a glimpse of the 16-day India visit of the 'world's best known scientist'.
If it had allowed itself greater scope, the film might have been more endurable
Alien life, he will suggest, is almost certain to exist in many other parts of the universe -- not just in planets, but perhaps in the centre of stars or even floating in interplanetary space, The Sunday Times reported.
British scientist Stephen Hawking and Bangaldeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus are among the 16 eminent personalities who were on Wednesday conferred 'Presidential Medal of Freedom', America's highest civilian award, by President Barack Obama.
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