日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

Memorial service bids Stephen Hawking a final farewell

By Bo Leung in London | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-06-16 00:24
Share
Share - WeChat
Dean of Westminster, John Hall, accompanied by Stephen Hawking's first wife Jane Hawking, watches as his daughter Lucy Hawking, places flowers at the site of the interment of the ashes of British scientist Stephen Hawking in the nave of the Abbey church during a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, Britain, June 15, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

Scientist's ashes interred alongside Darwin and Newton

World famous British physicist Stephen Hawking was laid to rest in London’s Westminster Abbey on Friday with his ashes interred next to the grave of Sir Isaac Newton following a memorial service.

It is the first time in 80 years that a scientist has been afforded this honor.

Hawking’s final resting place is also near Charles Darwin. Newton was buried in the abbey in 1727 and Darwin was buried close by in 1882.

File photo of physicist Stephen Hawking. [Photo/Agencies]

Around 1,000 members of the public, selected by ballot, and guests from the worlds of science, entertainment and politics joined Hawking’s family to celebrate the life of the scientist, who died in March aged 76 after a long battle with motor neurone disease.

Tributes and readings were given by the physicist’s collaborator and Nobel laureate Professor Kip Thorne, Astronomer Royal Lord Rees of Ludlow, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, astronaut Tim Peake and technologist Tom Nabarro.

Thorne said: “He absolutely refused to let his disability get in the way of doing great science or having great fun,” while Nabarro said Hawking “showed when time is precious we must make space for what makes us real”.

Hawking’s daughter Lucy Hawking also addressed the service.

Flowers are placed alongside the ashes of British scientist Stephen Hawking at the site of interment in the nave of the Abbey church, during a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, in London, Britain, June 15, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

A message from Hawking was beamed into space toward the nearest black hole as his ashes are interred following the service of thanksgiving.

The late scientist's words were set to an original piece of music, composed by Vangelis, offering a message of peace and hope.

Memorial stone for Stephen Hawking's grave. Incised is Hawking's most famous equation describing the entropy of a black hole. [Photo/Westminster Abbey's Twitter account]

Hawking gained a worldwide following for his work on theoretical physics, dedicating his life in probing the origins of the universe, the mysteries of black holes and the nature of time itself.

His book on cosmology, A Brief History of Time, written for non-specialist readers, remains one of the most famous and highly regarded science books of modern times, and his life story was made into an Academy Award-winning film, The Theory of Everything.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产成人高清视频 | 国产馆精品推荐在线观看 | 小明永久2015www永久免费观看 | 亚洲欧美中文日韩在线v日本 | 日本黄色中文字幕 | 欧美日韩精品乱国产 | 天堂中文在线最新版地址 | 亚洲色片网站 | 九九re6精品视频在线观看 | 日本人妖miran护士 | 日日射影院 | 一区在线视频 | 韩国精品一区 | 欧美一级特黄aaaaaaa在线观看 | 有一婷婷色 | 成人网视频| 国产传媒视频 | 欧美一级黄色影院 | 国产亚洲精彩视频 | 波多野结衣中文字幕视频 | 国产色司机在线视频免费观看 | av一区二区三区四区 | 欧美色涩 | 中文字幕三区 | 很黄很色的小视频在线网站 | 黄色免费av| 91亚洲精品一区二区福利 | 亚洲狠狠婷婷综合久久久久图片 | 玖玖在线免费视频 | 哥斯拉大战金刚2在线观看免费完整版 | 六月激情综合 | 日本一级高清不卡视频在线 | 国产亚洲精品精品国产亚洲综合 | 久久一级 | 亚洲日本乱码在线观看 | 国产精品免费看久久久 | 免费久久网站 | 欧美三级成版人版在线观看 | 国产精品一区久久 | 草草在线观看 | 久草网站 |