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High Table at Cambridge with Stephen Hawking

Posted by Hemos on from the talking-with-mc-hawking dept.

bughunter writes "Accomplished astrophysicist and SF author Gregory Benford shares a personal account of his recent conversation with Stephen Hawking at Reason Online. As usual, Benford's style is engaging and informal, and this doesn't read like a typical interview. Although the article is short on jargon, Benford and Hawking share insights on the meaning of life, the universe, and everything, as such minds are want to do. We even get a glimpse of Cambridge tunnel hacking. Of course, there's also a plug for Hawking's new book, The Universe in a Nutshell."

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  1. Not "want"... by cybrpnk · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...but "wont". As such minds are WONT to do.

  2. Re:getting past the physical limitations by Seth+Finkelstein · · Score: 4, Informative
    Read Profiles Of Courage - Stephen William Hawkings for inspiration.
    I have had motor neurone disease for practically all my adult life. Yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family, and being successful in my work. This is thanks to the help I have received from Jane, my children, and a large number of other people and organisations. I have been lucky, that my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case. But it shows that one need not lose hope.

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