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Title: Stephen Hawking has passed away
Post by: Grizzly on March 14, 2018, 01:51:05 am

Stephen Hawking has passed away, age 76 (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15555565). I don't really agree with the "great men theory" in history, where history is remembered as a succession of influential men, the complexities of societies compressed into a series of idolizing personal narratives.

Yet, I do hope history will remember Stephen Hawking.

Title: Re: Stephen Hawking has passed away
Post by: DefCynodont119 on March 14, 2018, 02:27:45 am

Quote from: -Joshua- on March 14, 2018, 01:51:05 am

Stephen Hawking has passed away, age 76 (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15555565). I don't really agree with the "great men theory" in history, where history is remembered as a succession of influential men, the complexities of societies compressed into a series of idolizing personal narratives.

Yet, I do hope history will remember Stephen Hawking.

There are far too few astrophysicists on this world.   :(

And even fewer who could live with a terminal illness like what he had past age 70,  Mad Respect.



The greatest honer a scientist can have is for their work to be continued and built upon.  /salute

I wonder how long it will be before someone figures out the whole deal with quantum gravity. . .

Title: Re: Stephen Hawking has passed away
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 14, 2018, 06:03:15 am

I've always wanted to go out there and debate the man while he was alive.
There was always something disagreeable (in a good way) about what he said beyond astrophysics (maybe there too if you know more about astrophysics).

But then again, I can't think of a more fitting tribute to a man and a mind you never met than that.

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Quote from: -Joshua- on March 14, 2018, 01:51:05 am

I don't really agree with the "great men theory" in history [...] I do hope history will remember Stephen Hawking.

History is indistinct from those who tell it and it is their needs that shape it.

Title: Re: Stephen Hawking has passed away
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on March 14, 2018, 10:26:34 am

I think we all know deep down that his tv career eclipsed the astrophysics.

Title: Re: Stephen Hawking has passed away
Post by: Charismatic on March 15, 2018, 04:20:41 pm

Someone should make a few 'what he did' bullet points for people who don't know.

Title: Re: Stephen Hawking has passed away
Post by: DefCynodont119 on March 16, 2018, 03:25:48 pm

Quote from: Charismatic on March 15, 2018, 04:20:41 pm

Someone should make a few 'what he did' bullet points for people who don't know.

He and Jacob Bekenstein made black holes (more or less kind-of almost) obey the laws of thermodynamics, that is a HUGE deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_thermodynamics


He Did lot of research on the Big Bang and Cosmic Inflation as well.