Physicist Stephen Hawking `` comfortable '' in hospital , Cambridge University says . Score: 6 67-year-old suffers from degenerative condition known as Lou Gehrig 's Disease . Hawking is considered by many to be world 's greatest living scientist .
Physicist Stephen Hawking `` comfortable '' in hospital , Cambridge University says . Hawking was hospitalized Monday in `` very ill '' condition . 67-year-old suffers from degenerative condition known as Lou Gehrig 's Disease . Hawking is considered by many to be world 's greatest living scientist .