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Swift
20-April-2009, 05:35 PM
from CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/20/hawking.health/index.html)
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Scientist and author Stephen Hawking is "very ill" and has been hospitalized, according to Cambridge University, where he is a professor.

Hawking, 67, is one of the world's most famous physicists and also a cosmologist, astronomer, and mathematician.
Gillianren
20-April-2009, 05:45 PM
Still, for someone who was given six months to live before I was born, he's had a great run.
BetaDust
20-April-2009, 06:00 PM
And from: Universe Today (http://www.universetoday.com).


Famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a hospital and is seriously ill. Cambridge University released information today that Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks, and was taken to a hospital in Cambridge. More... (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/04/20/physicist-hawking-gravely-ill/)

Edit: Yahoo.com (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090420/en_afp/britainsciencepeoplehawking) article.

Get well soon! Dr. Hawking.

-- Dennis
M311
20-April-2009, 10:44 PM
I just saw on the news that he is comfortable, lets hope he pulls through, he's quite a fighter.
Noclevername
20-April-2009, 11:27 PM
I wish him luck. It'd be a shame to lose him.
JohnD
20-April-2009, 11:51 PM
"It'd be a shame to lose him."

Since we will all be "lost" one day, and Hawking has acheived so very much more than most, where is the shame?

Best wishes to the Prof.
John
KaiYeves
21-April-2009, 01:11 AM
Get well soon, doctor!
Noclevername
21-April-2009, 03:44 AM
Since we will all be "lost" one day,

That doesn't make death "ok". It's still the loss of great potential, even for the least of us.

and Hawking has acheived so very much more than most, where is the shame?

Because he can still do so much more.
flynjack1
21-April-2009, 04:31 AM
That doesn't make death "ok". It's still the loss of great potential, even for the least of us.


Because he can still do so much more.


I agree for what its worth. He is an inspiration to many, having achieved what he has, given the limitations imposed by his disease. I for one wish him a speedy recovery or that he peacefully go into the night with the dignity he has earned.
BetaDust
21-April-2009, 05:21 PM
Update from: Universe Today (http://www.universetoday.com)

Hawking Update: Condition Improved

Physicist/mathematician Stephen Hawking has improved after spending the night at a hospital near his home in Cambridge, England, and the 67-year-old’s condition was described as “comfortable.” Hawking’s first wife, Jane, was quoted that she believed his illness was no longer life-threatening. More... (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/04/21/hawking-update-condition-improved/)