'Su legado vivirá por muchos años', dijeron los hijos de Stephen Hawking tras su muerte este 14 de marzo, un personaje icónico de la ciencia que revolucionó nuestra manera de entender el universo. Por esa razón te mostramos la vida de uno de los científicos más influyentes del mundo en imágenes
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(FILES) This file picture taken on August 18, 2002, shows Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned physicist, receiving a bouquet of flowers after his lecture in Beijing. Millions of Chinese mourned Stephen Hawking on March 14, 2018, bidding farewell to a 'giant star' admired in China for stoically rising above physical disability and for reaching out to Chinese fans on social media. / AFP PHOTO / -
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 12, 2009, Stephen Hawking receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House on August 12, 2009. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018. We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,' professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. 'He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.' / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD
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Estudió física en la Universidad de Oxford y después se matriculó en Cambridge para lograr su investigación doctoral en cosmología
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 12, 2009, Stephen Hawking receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House on August 12, 2009. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018. We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,' professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. 'He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.' / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 8, 2015, British scientist Stephen Hawking arrives for the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House in London. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76, a family spokesman said on March 14, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 19, 2013, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking poses during a photo call for a gala screening of the documentary 'Hawking', a film about the scientist's life, at the opening night of the Cambridge Film Festival in Cambridge, eastern England. (FILES) In this file photo taken on December 09, 2014 British actors Felicity Jones (L) and Eddie Redmayne (R) pose with British scientist Stephen Hawking (C) at the UK premiere of the film 'The Theory of Everything' in London on December 9, 2014. The film is based on the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, by Jane Hawking, and stars Eddie Redmayne protraying the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. / AFP PHOTO / ANDREW COWIE
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 23, 2014, British theoretical physicist professor Stephen Hawking gives a lecture during the Starmus Festival on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76, a family spokesman said on March 14, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 24, 2017, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, 75, speaks to an audience by hologram (L) in Hong Kong, beamed live from his office in Cambridge, England. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018. We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,' professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. 'He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.' / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 17, 2008, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking offers a press conference at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago after after meeting with President Michelle Bachelet. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018. We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,' professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. 'He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.' / AFP PHOTO / Martin BERNETTI
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 28, 2016 Pope Francis (L) meets with English theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking at the Vatican on November 28, 2016. British scientist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman announced March 14, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 26, 2007 and released by Zero G, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking experiences zero gravity during a flight over the Atlantic Ocean. 'It was amazing ... I could have gone on and on,' Hawking, 65, said after riding for two hours on a modified jet that flew a rollercoaster trajectory to create the impression of microgravity. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018. We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,' professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. 'He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.' / AFP PHOTO / ZERO G / ZERO G
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Nelson Mandela y el científico durante una reunión en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, el 15 de mayo de 2008
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El papa Benedict XVI bendice a Stephen durante un encuentro de académicos en el Vaticano, el 31 de octubre de 2008.
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Stephen Hawking ganó varios premios en el campo de las matemáticas y las ciencias. Pero en 2009, el presidente de EE.UU., Barack Obama, le concedió la Medalla de la Libertad uno de los méritos más importantes
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15. También Stephen fue recibido por la reina Isabel II durante un encuentro en el palacio de St James en 2014.
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Tuvo el honor de que su vida fuera llevada a la pantalla grande en 2014, bajo el nombre de 'La teoría del todo', film que fue protagonizado por Eddie Redmayne
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Asímismo recibió la “Libertad Honoraria de la Ciudad de Londres” del Chamberlain de la City de Londres, Peter Kane, el 6 de marzo de 2017.