RIP Stephen Hawking
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Sad news. He had lived a nice life and had always been grateful, added as much as he could to the science and died in peace. Rest in peace, Mr. Stephen Hawking.
I have always enjoyed this scene from Big Bang Theory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrOKpQ6UBI
I have always enjoyed this scene from Big Bang Theory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrOKpQ6UBI
https://www.amazon.com/Travelling-Infinity-My-Life-Stephen/dp/1846880653
He’s probably best remembered from his wife’s perspective.
He’s probably best remembered from his wife’s perspective.
Very sad news. What a remarkable man and so humble too.
Best I dig out my copy of 'A Brief History of Time' for another read.
Regards,
Jay.
Best I dig out my copy of 'A Brief History of Time' for another read.
Regards,
Jay.
As with Einstein, scientists will be catching up with Hawking for centuries, proving and/or correcting his theories far into the future, and probably only understanding some of them many decades hence. I hope the species survives to evolve toward that time.
I tried to read a couple of his books but I just wasn’t smart enough to understand them. I think it’s time to finally watch that movie about him. RIP.
As with Einstein, I think it is difficult for even Hawking to translate his theories into language, whereas their statement and proof are entirely mathematical, and at a level only accessible to a minute percent of people. What has always fascinated me is that math, when correct, predicts the behavior of celestial, chemical, and other fundamental events, so somehow human brain circuitry is mirroring the material world. I've read that if the math is correct, its predictions will be correct, hence provable. It's an astonishing connection between formulas and material reality. Somehow the brain "hands back" the reality of the universe through computation. Far out, as is said.
Hawky, his "Brief History Of Time" was pretty heavy going for me, so much so I never finished it but I'm now determined to read it entirely. It was after all written for the 'man on the street'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43404524
With an intro by Carl Sagan no less!
Regards,
Jay.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43404524
With an intro by Carl Sagan no less!
Regards,
Jay.
...apparently one of Hawking's hypotheses was that there are some sub-atomic particles that escape black holes, previously thought to be sink holes of gravity from which nothing ever escaped, and in turn, that these particles were or related to dark matter, that is undetected but makes up much of the universe. My head reels.
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