

Friends, family and colleagues of British scientist Stephen Hawking gathered to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where he spent most of his extraordinary life. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

Friends, family and colleagues of British scientist Stephen Hawking gathered on March 31, 2018, to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where he spent most of his extraordinary life. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

Friends, family and colleagues of British scientist Stephen Hawking gathered on March 31, 2018, to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where he spent most of his extraordinary life. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

Friends, family and colleagues of British scientist Stephen Hawking gathered on March 31, 2018, to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where he spent most of his extraordinary life. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

Friends, family and colleagues of British scientist Stephen Hawking gathered on March 31, 2018, to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where he spent most of his extraordinary life. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

Friends, family and colleagues of British scientist Stephen Hawking gathered on March 31, 2018, to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where he spent most of his extraordinary life. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS