Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has passed away at 76 years old.
Over the course of his life, Hawking advocated for making science accessible to everyone, writing 15 books including 1988’s A Brief History of Time.
Hawkin also lead a variety of series, including Genius by Stephen Hawking, in which he challenged carefully selected volunteers to think like some of history’s most famous geniuses in order to solve humanity’s most long-standing questions; Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design, which explored existential matters; Stephen Hawking and the Theory of Everything, a docu-series in which he searched for evidence to support the major scientific theory; and Into the Universe With Stephen Hawking, which examines the universe.
Hawking is best known for his groundbreaking work in physics regarding relativity and black holes, theorizing that black holes emit radiation and eventually lose energy and weren’t just pits of darkness as previously believed — a theory that became known as Hawking radiation.