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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 14, 2018 14:59:20 GMT -5
I was just doing some painting and listening to the radio when I heard that Stephen Hawking died. What really made me sad is that the local rock radio DJ only mentioned that he was the subject of the movie The Theory of Everything and appeared on The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Big Bang Theory. No mention of being a theoretical physicist, mathematician, professor...  If all we can do is list TV shows, they could have at least included Into The Universe, Genius, God, The Universe And Everything Else, and so on. |
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Post by jbjhillbilly on Mar 14, 2018 16:37:30 GMT -5
He was only one of the most important physicists in all of history. You could easily put him with Einstein, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, etc. We just don’t have the same appreciation of his work because theoretical physics is harder to wrap our heads around as far as it’s applications in the day-to-day world we live in.
Cosmic coincidence: Hawking was born on the day that Galileo died, and died on the day Einstein was born.
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Post by fuzzyruttin on Mar 14, 2018 18:15:03 GMT -5
After the doctors said he had two more years to live when diagnosed with ALS, he went on to live some 50 more. Great scientist with the ability to live and crunch ideas in his own mind-world... amazing that he could get such self gratification in that manner, or so it would seem.
And oh, it's also Pi Day.
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Post by jbjhillbilly on Mar 15, 2018 2:04:16 GMT -5
After the doctors said he had two more years to live when diagnosed with ALS, he went on to live some 50 more. Great scientist with the ability to live and crunch ideas in his own mind-world... amazing that he could get such self gratification in that manner, or so it would seem. And oh, it's also Pi Day. And he was not afraid to admit when he had made a mistake. I believe that’s because he knew that science advances not just from success, but also from failure. If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing the limits. |
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Post by knobby on Mar 20, 2018 17:10:34 GMT -5
Rest in peace Professor Hawking. Never knew much about the details of his work, sounds like it was more extensive than most people knew.
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Post by gsx600racer on Mar 20, 2018 23:56:28 GMT -5
I was telling the wife that it was "pi" day 3/14/2018 or 3.14 and later that evening I was reading the news and seen Hawking's passing and was bummed. Einstein was born on 3/14. I am not a big science person but I really enjoyed listening and watching his shows on tv and youtube. He always had the ability to explain something in layman's terms that an average person could wrap their hear around. His contributions to science are immeasurable. I think it would be a neat tribue if SpaceX sent Hawking remains to space in the drivers seat of Tesla.  Rest in peace. |
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Post by FrankenMech on Mar 26, 2018 19:29:47 GMT -5
I will miss him. I enjoyed reading his theories even though they were way above my understanding. I was trying to make sense of his theory on the vector of time and what was 'before' the big bang before he died. I believe that when the universe eventually goes dark, after a lot of sparks and fizzles, and there is no longer any expansion pressure from light and energy, it will eventually collapse again and start all over with a bang... The human race lost another great man when he passed. He will be buried at Westminster Abbey. His grave will be located in the Abbey's nave, near to those of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking |
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Post by spazter12 on Mar 26, 2018 19:38:19 GMT -5
He came to do a lecture in 2010 at my University. I was lucky enough to to be able to sit in an auditorium listening and trying to wrap my mind around his concepts.
He was a great mind indeed.
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If all we can do is list TV shows, they could have at least included Into The Universe, Genius, God, The Universe And Everything Else, and so on.
