据英国多家媒体3月14日消息，著名物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金去世，享年76岁。今天我们失去一位伟大的科学家。 来自BBC的报道：

　　World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.

　　He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.

　　The Briton was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time.

　　At the age of 22 Prof Hawking was given only a few years to live after being diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease.

　　词汇点拨：

　　renowned adj. 著名的;有声望的

　　diagnose 动词，诊断;断定

　　neurone神经元;神经细胞

　　14日早上其家人已证实霍金教授在英格兰剑桥的家中去世。

　　霍金的子女在声明中说：

　　“We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today.”

　　"He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years."

　　They praised his "courage and persistence" and said his "brilliance and humour" inspired people across the world.

　　"He once said, 'It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love.' We will miss him forever."

　　他的孩子露西，罗伯特和蒂姆发表了一份声明：

　　“我们深爱的父亲今天去世了，他是一位伟大的科学家，一个非凡的人，他的工作和成就将会持续影响这个世界多年，他坚韧不拔的勇气、他的幽默感激励了世界各地的人们，他说过，“如果它不是你所爱的人的家，那它就不是宇宙”。我们会永远怀念他。

　　霍金的概况：

　　Factfile: Stephen Hawking

　　 Born 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England

　　Earned place at Oxford University to read natural science in 1959, before studying for his PhD at Cambridge

　　By 1963, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and given two years to live

　　Outlined his theory that black holes emit "Hawking radiation" in 1974

　　Published his book A Brief History of Time in 1988, which has sold more than 10 million copies

　　His life story was the subject of the 2014 film The Theory of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne

　　斯蒂芬·威廉·霍金(Stephen William Hawking)，1942年1月8日出生于英国牛津，英国剑桥大学著名物理学家，现代最伟大的物理学家之一、20世纪享有国际盛誉的伟人之一。

　　霍金21岁时患上肌肉萎缩性侧索硬化症(卢伽雷氏症)，全身瘫痪，不能言语，手部只有三根手指可以活动。1979至2009年任卢卡斯数学教授，主要研究领域是宇宙论和黑洞，证明了广义相对论的奇性定理和黑洞面积定理，提出了黑洞蒸发理论和无边界的霍金宇宙模型，在统一20世纪物理学的两大基础理论——爱因斯坦创立的相对论和普朗克创立的量子力学方面走出了重要一步，最著名的著作是《时间简史》。