Stephen Hawking 'very ill' in hospital

[babylonsister]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/stephen-hawking-very-ill-in-hospital-14273466.html

Stephen Hawking 'very ill' in hospital

Monday, 20 April 2009


Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most famous scientists, is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University said today.

Professor Hawking, who works at the university, was undergoing tests at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

A university spokesman said the 67-year-old physicist, who is best known for his book A Brief History of Time, was taken to Addenbrooke's by ambulance.

"Professor Hawking is very ill," he added.

Professor Hawking suffers from motor neurone disease and is wheelchair bound. He speaks with the help of a voice synthesiser.

He developed symptoms of the disease while studying in the 1960s and is one of the world's longest surviving sufferers.

He has worked at Cambridge's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for more than 30 years and since 1979 has been the University's Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.

Professor Hawking was awarded a CBE in 1982, became a Companion of Honour in 1989 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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[blogslut]

1. Good thoughts

...to Professor Hawking.

[SidDithers]

2. Damn...

Hoping for a speedy recovery.

Sid

[NightWatcher]

3. sorry to hear. call me dense, but I thought he had passed a few years back

Cambridge is going to revoke my Dr of Physics honorary degree now, I'm sure

[kestrel91316]

4. Oh, no. Isn't he the longest surviving victim of ALS or something?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. yup. And they don't know why.

He once said he was a lazy thinker until he was struck by the disease. In fact, the worse he got, the more he concentrated on physics.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. yup. And they don't know why.

He once said he was a lazy thinker until he was struck by the disease. In fact, the worse he got, the more he concentrated on physics.

[hendo]

11. mind over matter? NT

[NeedleCast]

5. A truly brilliant mind

I hope Mr. Hawking will be with us for a long time. Best wishes.

[madokie]

6. Good thoughts headed his way

[Taverner]

9. Good thoughts and best wishes

Take Care Stephen

[hendo]

10. he will be in my prayers NT

[MADem]

12. This isn't good. I hope he was getting good care....

When I read this several years back, I wondered: http://www.vanityfair.com/fame/features/2004/06/hawking200406

A Beautiful Mind, an Ugly Possibility
Forty-one years with Lou Gehrig’s disease has left famous physicist Stephen Hawking’s body utterly vulnerable. After two police investigations, his family and friends reveal why they fear for his life.
by Judy Bachrach June 2004