SHANGHAI: Millions of Chinese mourned Stephen Hawking on Wednesday, bidding farewell to a “giant star” admired in China for stoically rising above physical disability and posting heartfelt messages to his Chinese fans on social media. Many said his passing was “the falling of a giant star.”“The deterioration of his body did not trap him. Today this superhuman brain has left this world, and his next journey, death, remains a mystery,” one user said. You are the next generation of big thinkers and thought leaders that will shape the future for generations to come - SH,” he wrote. -AFPRelated stories:British scientist Stephen Hawking dead at age 76Physicist Stephen Hawking, who unlocked the secrets of space and time, dies at 76Stephen Hawking: a brief history of genius

Source: The Star March 14, 2018 07:41 UTC