https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xw78ed/stephen-hawking-bet-penthouse-kip-thorne-porn > Last week, the world lost one of the greatest scientific minds in history when Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76. > Hawking was known for his groundbreaking work in cosmology, and his work on black holes in particular. He fundamentally changed the way we thought about the universe, but even the most brilliant scientists make mistakes sometimes and Hawking was no exception. Nevertheless, his conviction in his own theories was unwavering, as evidenced by his tendency to place bets on the nature of astrophysical phenomena.