Steven Hawking is Going to Die

[Precious Roy]

LONDON – Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking was rushed to a hospital Monday and was seriously ill, Cambridge University said.

The university said Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks, and was being treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, the university city north of London.

"Professor Hawking is very ill," said Gregory Hayman, the university's head of communications. "He is undergoing tests. He has been unwell for a couple of weeks."

Later in the afternoon, Hayman said Hawking was "now comfortable but will be kept in hospital overnight."

Hawking, 67, gained renown for his work on black holes, and has remained active despite being diagnosed at 21 with ALS, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), an incurable degenerative disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

For some years, Hawking has been almost entirely paralyzed, and he communicates through an electronic voice synthesizer activated by his fingers.

Hawking was involved in the search for the great goal of physics — a "unified theory" — which would resolve contradictions between Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which describes the laws of gravity that govern the motion of large objects like planets, and the Theory of Quantum Mechanics, which deals with the world of subatomic particles.

"A complete, consistent unified theory is only the first step: our goal is a complete understanding of the events around us, and of our own existence," he wrote in his best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," published in 1988.

In a more accessible sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," published in 2001, Hawking ventured into concepts like supergravity, naked singularities and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.

He announced last year that he would step down from his post as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a title once held by the great 18th-century physicist Isaac Newton. However, the university said Hawking intended to continue working as Emeritus Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.

Hawking had canceled an appearance at Arizona State University on April 6 because of his illness.

"Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague. We all hope he will be amongst us again soon," said Professor Peter Haynes, head of the university's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.

If we're lucky he'll die today so we can have the awesome combination of Hitler/Columbine/Hawkins/Weed

 

[Youth N Asia]

I should have put him in my death pool.

 

[alkeiper]

I should have put him in my death pool.

When someone with ALS dodges death for 46 years, I stop predicting it.

 

[Youth N Asia]

It's a fine line of how long they've cheated death, and finally being due. I've given up on Jake Roberts in the same right

 

[Mazto]

Jake Roberts is going to be alone with the cockroaches after a nuclear holocaust. Of this I have no doubt.

 

[Smartly Pretty]

I fucking love Stephen Hawking. This sucks so much.

 

[the max]

I wanted to see your utopia, but now I see it is more of a Fruitopia

 

[Matt Young]

It's awesome how you spelled his name wrong in the title.

 

[Precious Roy]

It's awesome how you spelled his name wrong in the title.

It may be a good thing for him. That was probably my subconscious wishing that some random "Steven Hawking" dies and not the famous crippled genius who's in a hospital right now. I will also accept the sacrifice of a Stefan Hawking.

 

[BX]

ohtheroom

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I call it a Hawking Hole.

 

[Mik]

There's an article on msnbc.com right now that says he will make a full recovery.

I find that sort of remarkable.

 

[Nightwing]

I call it a Hawking Hole.

Who is The Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?

 

[2GOLD]

There's an article on msnbc.com right now that says he will make a full recovery.

I find that sort of remarkable.

Fuck Tommy Dreamer, Mick Foley needs to start chanting "HE'S HARDCORE" at Stephen f'n Hawking.