Revista Dominical

En memoria de Stephen Hawking, una mente inmortal en un cuerpo efímero

Un científico que nunca comprobó su teoría de forma experimental se convirtió en uno de los símbolos más extravagantes y familiares del conocimiento contemporáneo

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 26, 2007 and released by Zero G, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking experiences zero gravity during a flight over the Atlantic Ocean. "It was amazing ... I could have gone on and on," Hawking, 65, said after riding for two hours on a modified jet that flew a rollercoaster trajectory to create the impression of microgravity.  
 Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018. We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today," professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. "He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years."
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 26, 2007 and released by Zero G, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking experiences zero gravity during a flight over the Atlantic Ocean. "It was amazing ... I could have gone on and on," Hawking, 65, said after riding for two hours on a modified jet that flew a rollercoaster trajectory to create the impression of microgravity. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018. We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today," professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. "He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years." / AFP PHOTO / ZERO G / ZERO G ZERO G
En el 2007, Hawking participó en un vuelo en gravedad cero. Sus teorías sobre el comportamiento de la gravedad en agujeros negros son importantes para la aplicación de las ciencias del espacio. Foto: AFP. (ZERO G)

Stephen Hawking nació exactamente 300 años después de la muerte de Galileo Galilei —8 de enero de 1942— y murió 139 años después del nacimiento de Albert Einstein —14 de marzo 2018—. Su madre dio a luz a su primer hijo en Oxford, 83 kilómetros al noroeste de Londres y su cuerpo expiró en Cambridge, 80 kilómetros al noreste de la misma capital inglesa.

Estas son las coordenadas de su vida. Viajó extensamente por el mundo, no obstante, ése es su lugar en el tiempo y el espacio.

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