Science community mourns the death of Stephen Hawking
A similar notion was tweeted by James Davenport, an astrophysics post-doctoral student at Western Washington University.
"Sad to hear about Stephen Hawking鈥檚 passing. I probably watched 鈥淎 Brief History of Time鈥 on VHS 100 times as a kid. One of my first memories of wanting to really understand science. Thank you, Prof. Hawking"