General Theory of Relativity

Stephen Hawking onstage discussing theories on the origin of the universe in a talk in Berkeley, California, 2007.

Physicist Stephen Hawking, who unlocked the secrets of space and time, has died at 76

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Stephen Hawking, who sought to explain some of the most complicated questions of life, has died at 76.

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