British Physicist

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  Mark Thomson Appointed CERN Director-General, Takes Charge of Collider Project

  Mark Thomson has been named as the new Director-General of CERN, where he will oversee the $17 billion Future Circular Collider project. Thomson, a British physicist known for his role in the discovery of the Higgs boson, will lead the laboratory through challenges such as securing funding and addressing scepticism from key contributors like German...

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  Physicist Peter Higgs, Who Discovered 'God Particle', Dies At 94

  British physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of a mass-giving particle -- the so-called Higgs boson -- jointly earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh announced on Tuesday.

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  Anand Mahindra With Stephen Hawking In This "Blast From The Past"

  Businessman Anand Mahindra treated fans to a "blast from the past" today, sharing an old picture that shows him with the late British physicist Stephen Hawking.

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  As World Wide Web Turns 30, Netizens Celebrate With Hilarious Tweets

  March 12 is a special day in the history of the Internet - it is the birthday of the World Wide Web. It was on March 12 in 1989 that British physicist Tim Berners-Lee, working for Europe's physics lab CERN, proposed a decentralised system of information management.

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  Stephen Hawking's Signed Thesis, Wheelchair Auctioned In London

  A copy of Stephen Hawking's doctorate thesis signed in a shaky hand was unveiled Tuesday as the highlight of a new auction of the British physicist's personal items in London.

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  Stephen Hawking's Wheelchair, Thesis Papers To Be Auctioned In London

  Late British physicist Stephen Hawking's high-tech wheelchair and his 1965 Ph.D. thesis are going on sale, London-based auction house Christie's announced.

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  Stephen Hawking's Voice To Be Beamed Into Space During Memorial

  As the ashes of the British theoretical physicist are interred, a specially-written composition featuring his famous synthesised voice will be beamed into space by the European Space Agency.

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  Stephen Hawking's Family Invite Time Travellers For His Memorial Service

  Stephen Hawking's family have invited time travellers to his memorial service, seeking to tackle one of the curiosities that eluded the British physicist during his extraordinary life.

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  With White 'Universe' Lilies, Stephen Hawking Gets His Final Farewell In UK

  Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge on Saturday for the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking, hailed by another leading scientist as "an imprisoned mind roaming the cosmos".

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  Stephen Hawking To Join Newton, Darwin In Final Resting Place

  British physicist Stephen Hawking is to take his place among some of the greatest scientists in history when his ashes are interred inside Westminster Abbey, close to the graves of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

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  'I'm Not Afraid': What Stephen Hawking Said About God, His Atheism And His Own Death

  British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking schmoozed with popes during his lifetime, even though he was an avowed atheist. The famous scientist,who died Wednesday in England at 76, was often asked to explain his views on faith and God. During interviews, he explained his belief that there was no need for a creator.

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  Did Stephen Hawking Diss Einstein For Vedas? Science Minister Says So

  Harsh Vardhan, the genial science minister has quoted British physicist Stephen Hawking to back claims that Vedas are essentially are a theory of everything. The minister today said that the cosmologist, who passed away this week, had said the Vedas have a theory that is superior to Albert Einstein's equation.

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  NASA Remembers Stephen Hawking As A 'Longtime Friend'

  Professor Stephen Hawking was a longtime friend to NASA, and a brilliant cosmologist and an inspiration to generations around the world, said the US space agency in honor of the acclaimed British physicist, who died a day ago.

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  10 Quotes By Stephen Hawking That Will Leave You Inspired

  Stephen Hawking, the British physicist who brought science to a mass audience with the best-selling book "A Brief History of Time," has died. He was 76. He suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and was confined to an electric wheelchair for much of his adult life. Diagnosed at age 21, he was one of t...

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  For Stephen Hawking, Nobel Prize For Physics Remained Elusive

  Stephen Hawking, the British physicist and black-hole theorist who brought science to a mass audience with the best-selling book "A Brief History of Time," has died. He was 76.