RIP Stephen Hawking

[Enkidu]

One of my closest friends was a pupil of his, so it's still quite personal. She was inspired by him to take up a particle physics masters despite being paraplegic. It's safe to say without Dr Hawking's precedent, she wouldn't have become the teacher she is today, or half as content within her own life. Professor Hawking had a great life, lived far beyond his life expectancy and both his academia, media presence and advocacy for both theoretical physics and the image of disabled academics makes for quite the Legacy.

Sadly he never got to go to space before he left us, although he fulfilled so many of his other dreams (along with inspiring enough of others) that it's difficult to move beyond that. His foundation continues to do good works in his name. Wonderful human, who has done so much for the rest of us. His research continues to shape our comprehension of the cosmos, to which our collective fates are all infused.

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