Worldfamous physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died (peaceful) at his home in Cambridge in the early (hour) of Wednesday.
Hawking was known the public for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time.At the age of 22, Prof. Hawking (give) only a few years to live after doctors declared that he suffered from a rare disease.The illness left him in a wheelchair and he was (able) to speak except through a voice synthesizer (合成器).
Prof. Hawking was the first (set) out a theory of cosmology (宇宙学) explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.He also discovered that black holes (leak) energy and fade to nothing—a phenomenon that would (late) become known as Hawking radiation. Through his work with mathematician Sir Roger Penrose, he proved that Einstein's general theory of relativity suggests space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and end in black holes.
In a statement his children praised his "courage and persistence" and said his "brilliance and humour" inspired people across the world.They added, "He once said, 'It would not be much of a universe it wasn't home to the people you love.' We will miss him forever."
