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Physicist Stephen Hawking very ill and in hospital
reuters ^ | Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:41pm EDT | Luke Baker

Posted on 04/20/2009 10:52:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono

LONDON - Physicist Stephen Hawking, the author of "A Brief History of Time" who is almost completely paralyzed by motor neurone disease, has been urgently admitted to hospital, Cambridge University said on Monday. Hawking, 67, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital in Cambridge, where he teaches as a professor of applied mathematics and theoretical physics. "Professor Hawking is very ill and has been taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke's Hospital," the university said. A university spokesman said his condition was described as comfortable and that he would be kept in hospital overnight. Hawking, who is only able to speak through a computer-generated voice synthesizer, had been ill for a couple of weeks, with his condition deteriorating since he returned from a trip to the United States at the weekend, a source said.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: hawking; stephenhawking

1 posted on 04/20/2009 10:52:45 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 04/20/2009 10:54:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Prayers for Hawkins. Maybe he will finally see the light. I hope it is not too late for him.


3 posted on 04/20/2009 10:55:05 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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4 posted on 04/20/2009 10:56:02 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Always Right

I concur. He’s a brilliant man and I respect his work, but he’s so far left, he should’ve rolled out of that chair of his and down the street.


5 posted on 04/20/2009 10:58:02 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: al baby

this is morally wrong.....but i can’t stop looking and smirking!


6 posted on 04/20/2009 10:58:31 AM PDT by OL Hickory (Where is the America I knew as a boy?)
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To: Always Right

He’s got nothing to look forward to beyond death. How sad.


7 posted on 04/20/2009 11:00:05 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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To: JoeProBono

Too bad such a brilliant mind was dealt such a bad hand. Regardless of his politics, he has contributed much to the field of astro-physics as well as other branches of the science.

Too bad most other liberals do nothing but TAKE, and contribute little of material value to the future of man. Oh, I forgot. Global warming.....


8 posted on 04/20/2009 11:02:45 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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He’s got nothing to look forward to beyond death. How sad. He *thinks*! IMO, he's in for a VERY big surprise!
9 posted on 04/20/2009 11:06:08 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: al baby

(best robo-voice) Ex cell ent


10 posted on 04/20/2009 11:06:11 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 90 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: pillut48
I suspect we all are.
11 posted on 04/20/2009 11:06:45 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 90 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: JoeProBono

Let the holy roller “he’s going to hell” types off the leash. Pardon me while I go vomit.


12 posted on 04/20/2009 11:08:21 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)
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Professor Stephen Hawking zero-gravity flight Images / Pictures Stephen Hawking, the 65-year-old Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University who has done ground-breaking work on cosmic black holes and the origins of the universe, became the first person with a disability to experience weightlessness in a zero-gravity inducing flight.


13 posted on 04/20/2009 11:10:59 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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14 posted on 04/20/2009 11:14:12 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: tgusa

“Judge not, lest ye be judged”.

It’s OK to judge the actions, but not the salvation, of another.


15 posted on 04/20/2009 11:37:06 AM PDT by Ikemeister
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16 posted on 04/20/2009 11:39:56 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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17 posted on 04/20/2009 11:43:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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If he’s in a British hospital, he’s probably a goner. He should’ve stayed in the States.


18 posted on 04/20/2009 11:58:29 AM PDT by toothfairy86
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Thanks for the sermon.


19 posted on 04/20/2009 3:26:16 PM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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