RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 15, 2018 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2018 at 4:44 pm by WinterHold.)
(March 14, 2018 at 12:24 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(March 14, 2018 at 12:02 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Massive loss to the scientific community.
Perhaps.
But I've also heard It said, include by notable Nobel prize winning physicists, that Hawking's actual contribution to advancing the state of physics nowhere near justify his outsized fame as physicist amongst general public, and he would be remembered more as a personality than as a physicist.
No. They didn't give him the noble prize because of this:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...el-history
Quote:Stephen Hawking's support for the boycott of Israel is a turning point
I was actually surprised that poor Hawking didn't take the "anti-semite" stamp up his wheelchair before dying; too.
Probably his great contributions to physics -which indeed deserved a noble- were the shield he had. Defy Israel; and you won't get the golden toys.
Moreover:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/poli...el-science
Quote:Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott the Israeli president's conference has gone viral. Over 100,000 Facebook shares of the Guardian report at last count. Whatever the subsequent fuss, Hawking's letter is unequivocal. His refusal was made because of requests from Palestinian academics.
