Director-General Audrey Azoulay tribute to the late Professor Stephen Hawking

stephen_hawking_03.jpg CC BY 2.0/Lwp Kommunikáció 14 March 2018Professor Stephen Hawking was one of the greatest astrophysicists of our time recognized for his seminal work on cosmology and groundbreaking theories on space, notably on black holes and the Hawking Radiation. He was also an inspiration and icon for persons with disabilities around the world. Diagnosed with a rare form of motor neuron disease at the early age of 22, he overcame his severe disability to develop and share his theories about the history of the universe with generations of scientists and members of the public through…

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