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Stephen Hawking hospitalized, reported very ill
« on: April 20, 2009, 01:31:26 pm »
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Stephen Hawking hospitalized, reported very ill

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 northeast 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.

Brian Dickie, director of research at the Motor Neurone Disease Association, said only 5 percent of people diagnosed with ALS survive for 10 years or longer.

Hawking "really is at the extreme end of the scale when it comes to survival," Dickie said.

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.

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On the Net: http://www.hawking.org.uk



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« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2009, 04:00:54 pm »
"Hawking "really is at the extreme end of the scale when it comes to survival," Dickie said."


That\'s pretty badass.
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« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2009, 04:17:06 pm »
Diagnosed with ALS 46 years ago. Amazing.
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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 09:44:04 am »
He\'s wicked smaaaaaaaat
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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2009, 11:21:16 am »
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LONDON (AP) - Cambridge University says Stephen Hawking\'s family
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