British scientist dies at 76

14 March 2018 at 4:15

Hawking was known for his ground-breaking work with black holes and relativity, often called Hawking radiation.

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British physicist

He passed away at the age of 76, BBC quoted a spokesman for his family as saying.

"He was a great scientist... whose work and legacy will live on for many years", his children said in a statement.

The Nobel Prize-winning author was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

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One his popular science books is 'A Brief History of Time'.

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