Google creates special Doodle to honour Professor Stephen Hawking

The Stephen Hawking Doodle will appear on Google’s home page (Google)

Professor Stephen Hawking is to be celebrated with a Google Doodle on Saturday, to mark what would have been his 80th birthday.

A two-minute animation will appear on the Google home page on January 8 to celebrate the life of the theoretical physicist and will be available to view in more than 50 countries.