In his 2001 visit to India, Stephen Hawking met then President K.R. Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan and told him, "Indians are so good at mathematics and physics".
At the age of 70, he participated in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London sending out the message for all crippled people across the world.
Cambridge University, where theoretical physicist Hawking spent most of his life time, has opened a condolence book in the college and many students and staff have written on it, mourning the death of the British genius.
Apart from being one of the most shining stars in the world of science, the life of Hawking is also a motivation to many people who suffer from chronic disorders
Schwarzenegger revealed this during a panel discussion at South by Southwest when he confirmed that Murphy, 56, was set for the long awaited sequel titled "Triplets".