Stephen Hawkins

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Magic Quantum Mechanic Send message Joined: 24 Oct 04 Posts: 1177 Credit: 54,887,670 RAC: 3,877	Message 34639 - Posted: 14 Mar 2018, 17:35:40 UTC - in response to Message 34624. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008 ID: 34639 · Reply Quote

Magic Quantum Mechanic Send message Joined: 24 Oct 04 Posts: 1177 Credit: 54,887,670 RAC: 3,877	Message 34642 - Posted: 14 Mar 2018, 18:47:12 UTC - in response to Message 34639. Last modified: 14 Mar 2018, 18:49:26 UTC Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking Books Volunteer Mad Scientist For Life ID: 34642 · Reply Quote

tullio Send message Joined: 19 Feb 08 Posts: 708 Credit: 4,336,250 RAC: 0	Message 34643 - Posted: 14 Mar 2018, 18:51:00 UTC Why he did not get a Nobel prize? Much lesser people got it. Tullio ID: 34643 · Reply Quote

Magic Quantum Mechanic Send message Joined: 24 Oct 04 Posts: 1177 Credit: 54,887,670 RAC: 3,877	Message 34646 - Posted: 14 Mar 2018, 19:08:46 UTC - in response to Message 34643. Why he did not get a Nobel prize? Much lesser people got it. Tullio Always been that way Tullio Nikola Tesla found that out. But knowing Nobel they will probably give Hawking one now or name one after him. ID: 34646 · Reply Quote

Magic Quantum Mechanic Send message Joined: 24 Oct 04 Posts: 1177 Credit: 54,887,670 RAC: 3,877	Message 34656 - Posted: 15 Mar 2018, 0:05:21 UTC (and today would be Albert Einstein's 139th birthday) ID: 34656 · Reply Quote

Ben Segal Volunteer moderator Project administrator Send message Joined: 1 Sep 04 Posts: 140 Credit: 2,579 RAC: 0	Message 34669 - Posted: 15 Mar 2018, 12:12:45 UTC - in response to Message 34643. Why he did not get a Nobel prize? Much lesser people got it. Tullio There has been lots of controversy over why astronomers don't get Nobels (although astrophysicists have done). There's a good paper on this topic at https://home.fnal.gov/~carrigan/nobel/Nobel_space.htm There are some anecdotes trying to explain this, and the same for mathematicians (for whom there are definitely no Nobels) by claiming that Alfred Nobel's wife ran away with an astronomer/mathematician respectively. Amusing, but apparently Alfred Nobel wasn't married... Another nice reference is at http://mathforum.org/social/articles/ross.html. ID: 34669 · Reply Quote

tullio Send message Joined: 19 Feb 08 Posts: 708 Credit: 4,336,250 RAC: 0	Message 34683 - Posted: 16 Mar 2018, 18:41:18 UTC Well, relativity never gained Einstein a Nobel prize, although he has merited at least five, in my opinion. It looks like that the Nobel Committee does not like theoretical physics. Alas, I shall never get a Nobel prize. Tullio ID: 34683 · Reply Quote

Ben Segal Volunteer moderator Project administrator Send message Joined: 1 Sep 04 Posts: 140 Credit: 2,579 RAC: 0	Message 34684 - Posted: 16 Mar 2018, 19:14:21 UTC - in response to Message 34683. Last modified: 16 Mar 2018, 19:15:25 UTC Cheer up Tullio: where there's life there's hope (:-))... Ben ID: 34684 · Reply Quote

Ray Murray Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 29 Sep 04 Posts: 281 Credit: 11,866,264 RAC: 0	Message 34856 - Posted: 2 Apr 2018, 17:07:19 UTC He will be given the honour of being interred in Westminster Abbey close to the graves of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. ID: 34856 · Reply Quote

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