Google Doodle celebrates theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking’s 80th birthday with animated video

One of the most celebrated scientific personalities in the world, Stephen Hawking, was born on this day in 1942 in Oxford, England.

Google celebrated the birthday of celebrated theoretical physicist, author and one of the greatest scientific minds of the century Stephen Hawking with a special doodle on January 8. Stephen Hawking’s incredible career spanned from his black hole theory to the record-breaking A Brief History of Time, and his awards and achievements, from becoming the Commander of the Order of the British Empire to earning the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, all this while fighting with a crippling disease for 40 years. New Google Doodle has been released: "Stephen Hawking's 80th Birthday" :)#google #doodle #designhttps://t.co/nFiyLeCKBS pic.twitter.com/7LxBcd5juO

Today’s doodle has been illustrated by Doodler Matthew Cruickshank.