LONDON – Cambridge University says that famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a hospital and is very ill.
The university said Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks, and Yesterday he was taken to Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge, north of London.
The 67-year-old Hawking gained renown for his work on black holes, and has remained active despite being stricken with motor neurone disease as a young man.
For some years, Hawking has been almost entirely paralysed, and he communicates through an electronic device activated by his fingers.
– Nampa-AP
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