a brief history of our time with stephen hawking
Mica and I saw Stephen Hawking this afternoon. We were riding our bikes home after running some errands in town and passed him on the sidewalk. Before moving to Cambridge I said one of my goals is to meet Hawking. Today didn't seem like the appropriate time.
Hawking is a British theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge. He is known for his work in cosmology, quantum gravity and black holes and/or his books popularizing these areas of physics (e.g.,
Most recently Hawking was in the news for his prerecorded address at a U.S. Congressional hearing, marking the 50th anniversary of NASA. The wav file of Hawking's message is here. Hawking was also on Charlie Rose (link).
Our ``sighting'' has motivated me to delve into some of Hawking's work. I want to be prepared for the next time we cross paths. Admittedly, I know little about his area of physics, but I'm excited to learn. More to come.
3 comments:
damn ... so when do you start work with him on your general relativity of molecular dynamics?
if the idea continues to stand i do plan to discuss it with him (or at least try). first though, i need to do some developing and bounce it off a few people.
What a nerd I am because that is so cool! Wow!
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