RIP Stephen Hawking

Very sad. Given such a prognosis in 1963 he amazingly had more than a good innings. My late DH was in the same year as Stephen at St. Albans School.

Er...
His name was Hawking, not Hawkins. We should get that right.

I have often wondered how he was still alive, but nevertheless I feel shocked by his death. I don’t understand his science, but I believe that he was a great mind. He had a lot of interesting opinions and ideas outside science as well.

What a mind - truly an intellectual Colossus.
Given a prognosis of two o three years over 50 years ago, what a survivor he was too