The world famous British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking was admitted to a hospital in Rome. On Friday, December 2, Reuters reports with reference to his representative.
On Thursday, December 1, the scientist felt unwell due to breathing problems. On the night of December 2, he was taken for examination to one of the best local clinics - Gemelli. According to the interlocutor of the agency, Hawking's health condition is not assessed as serious, it is assumed that on the second night in the hospital he was left for precautionary reasons. On Saturday, December 3, he should be discharged.
The scientist arrived in the capital of Italy to participate in the conference of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. There he met with Pope Francis, and on November 25 made a presentation on the origin of the universe.
Stephen Hawking studies the problems of the emergence of the cosmological singularity - the primary state of the Universe, from which, according to the Big Bang theory, it is continuously expanding. He is also known as a popularizer of science and the author of the book "A Brief History of Time" with a circulation of 10 million.
The 74-year-old researcher has a serious nervous system disorder. In 1963, when he was 22 years old, doctors diagnosed him with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and announced that he had no more than three years to live. But the predictions did not come true. Hawking continued to study science, was married twice, he has three children.
Completely paralyzed, he leads an active life - he is engaged in research, teaches, gives reports. For communication, he uses a computer speech synthesizer, he goes on trips with a group of escorts, which must include two nurses.