Stephen Hawking, brilliant mind, astrophysicist, heir to Newton and Einstein, author of A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, has died at 76. In 1963, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, more commonly called ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was given two years to live; he died 55 years later. This Blogger owes much to Stephen Hawking; in the late eighties, this Blogger happened to be, by fluke, East Germany, Communist Germany. Outside of Magdeburg, this Blogger was pulled of the train heading for Hanover by STASI agents( East German secret police). The STASI agents rifled this Blogger’s belongings, and found the one book this Blogger was carrying, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME. The astute STASI agent smiled and said: “I don’t the Americans would send someone who reads Hawking to bother us.” This Blogger was put on the next train to Hanover, no worse for wear. This Blogger was indeed reading A BREF HISTORY IN TIME; reading it confirmed his religious faith; confirm