After being admitted to the hospital earlier today, the health situation of Professor Stephen Hawking has improved, and he is now “comfortable” according to a spokesperson of the University of Cambridge in the UK. He was admitted into the hospital today after “chest problems”, and university spokespeople stated he was “very ill”.
Prof Hawking flew to the California’s Institute of Technology in Feburary of this year, to visit a scholar. However, he hadn’t been feeling well for a few weeks, and cancelled an appearance at the Arizona State University on 6 April. He flew back to the UK last Saturday, and was admitted into the Addenbrooke hospital on Monday.
I guess Prof Hawking doesn’t require an introduction for most OSNews readers. The British theoretical physicist has made numerous contributions to the world of science, but what possibly made him such a known and popular figure is his belief that even laymen should have access to the world of science, even such inherently complicated fields as the ones he specialises in.
We hope Prof Hawking will recover soon, and that he will be able to continue his work and broaden mankind’s understanding of the universe.
Best wishes Stephen – a speedy recovery for my favourite scientist.
Dave
Seconded!
This evening I turned on ITV news in the middle of what was basically an obituary and for a while I thought it was until I noticed the tense of some of the words. Looked liked they’d put in a lot of work only for the selfish prof. to go and live.
I noted that this keeps being marked down. Does ANYONE ELSE here understand humor? So for the humor-impaired, this is FUNNY. Please select “funny” on the popup menu!
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Haha, +10 from me. OSNews won’t allow me to moderate you…
Hehe, the last lines sound like you only need this man healthy to produce science theories (contribute) so that you could use them some day (teleportation). But if he dies, you’re screwed and no holodeck, no warpdrive ;-P
You greedy bastards! 😉
(it’s a sick joke, sorry)
Hope Stephen gets well.
For some years ago I was fortunate to see a good lecture in Stockholm.
As some mentioned here in the comments, he is also my favorite scientist as he’s studying and describes in plain man talk what black holes are.
Following the BBC’s earlier news article; they have released this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8010058.stm
Good luck Mr Hawkin, for mankind’s sake.
Sam
The guy has been “very ill” for the majority of his life at this point. This is news?
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Tuesday 21st April, approx. 12:00 UK time
Professor Hawking is being kept in for observation at Addenbrooke’s hospital this morning. He is comfortable and his family is looking forward to him making a full recovery.
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http://www.stephenhawking.com
Oh, and by the way… you can *can it*, bryanv. I doubt anyone here is interested in your petty complaints.
Edited 2009-04-21 14:23 UTC