“I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first” : these were the words of Dr. Stephen Hawking. The world suffered a great loss, as Dr. Stephen Hawking, the celebrated theoretical physicist, breathed his last today.

Fighting since 21 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare form of motor neuron disease, Stephen defied death and proved every doctor wrong decade after decade. Today, we pay tribute to this great scientist and one of the most intelligent minds of this world. Stephen Hawking, the author of “A Brief History of Time,” an international bestseller, the legendary scientist who unveiled the mysteries of universe, had become one of the most recognizable faces in science. Stephen was diagnosed with a rare early-onset slow-progressing form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at the age of 21. At…