Stephen Hawking died Wednesday after complications due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. He was 76.
3月14日，史蒂芬•霍金因肌肉萎縮性側索硬化症併發症去世，享年76歲。
The world-renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist was best known for his work on black holes. Hawking theorized that, contrary to the prevailing scientific belief that black holes were inescapable for all forms of matter and energy, they actually emitted a form of radiation ― now known as Hawking radiation. He also played a key role in the mathematical effort to unify Einstein’s general theory of relativity with the emergent field of quantum physics.
這位享譽世界的理論物理學家、宇宙學家因其對黑洞的研究而聞名，他提出了與先前科學信念相悖的理論，認為任何物質和能量都無法掙脫黑洞，事實上黑洞會發出一種射線，即現在眾所周知的「霍金輻射」。在用數學方法將愛因斯坦相對論和剛興起的量子力學領域相統一的努力上，霍金同樣起到了關鍵作用。