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Originally Posted by weedseed
Entertaining yourself with a bit o' Hawking?
If anything, I give that man tons of respect lasting that long with ALS and STILL continuing his work. Great attitude!
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Hawking is probably the most famous physicist today, but I don't think I would consider him one of the greatest of the day. That title would probably go to Edward Witten.
However when you consider what Hawking has had to deal with medically during his professional career, he certainly has one of the greatest minds of our time. This man can solve path integrals completely IN HIS HEAD! Geez, give me a full week, a reference book, and a pad of paper and maybe I can do the same.
He is certainly someone I would like to meet someday.