The famous physicist Stephen Hawking would have turned 80 today if he had lived. Hawking, a cosmologist, devoted his career to theorizing about the origins of the universe, the underlying structure of reality, and the nature of black holes; He became a name known to everyone by his extraordinary life and the way he conveyed his ideas to people.
Hawking, who once stated that his whole aim was to fully understand why the universe exists, could not stop even being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at the age of 21, and being told that he would only live for 2 years. Contrary to what is said, Hawking, who spent a long life trying to make sense of science and the universe, celebrated his 80th birthday with a special animated doodle on Google.
Discovering the infiniteness of the universe, Hawking engraved his name in the history of science with golden letters.
Hawking stated that with the diagnosis of the disease at the age of 21, all his expectations from life fell to zero and every moment he lived after that moment was a bonus; He opened his eyes to life in Oxford, England in 1942. After the basic education he received here, Hawking went to Cambridge University to study and continue his studies on cosmology, that is, the science of the universe; Here he started his black hole studies, which would make his name known to the whole world and make him one of the most important scientists in history.
To put it very simply, Hawking discovered that the universe is infinite; By enabling the use of relativity theory and quantum mechanics together with his work, he proved the infinity of the universe and discovered that black holes are invisible and emit radiation.
Here is the doodle and video that Google prepared in memory of Hawking
Hawking, who was paralyzed after a while and his mobility was completely limited due to his illness, still did not give up and wrote dozens of articles and books throughout his life. Hawking, who is engraved in the minds of most of us with his wheelchair and was awarded exactly 12 different degrees of honor; He passed away on 14 March 2018.
Happy birthday Stephen Hawking!
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