Stephen Hawking was a true gentlemanly scholar. Let March 14th be forever known as: ripperoni stephan hawkings day. This project celebrates his work. Press [space]. Hawking, a famous British physicist and author of 'A Brief History in Time', passed away at age 76. Obama once said "his iconic wheelchair and stirring of our imaginations has shown us the power of the human spirit here on Earth". When asked about the prospect of early death given his disfigurement and inability to breathe, Hawking in 2012 said "I am not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. There is no afterlife for broken down computers; and my brain makes me a computer. Those are fairy tales for people afraid of the dark". Hawking was known for his radical ideas about black holes, but is best remembered for his sythesized computer voice and wheelchair disease - likely a contributing factor to his early death. He truly went out with a bang.
