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Walt Zingmatilder

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Stephen Hawking has died
« on: March 14, 2018, 06:29:54 AM »
Stephen Hawking has died age 76
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2018, 07:42:45 AM »
Dear Vlad,

A remarkable man, a remarkable life, R.I.P Mr Hawking.

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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2018, 08:00:41 AM »
Simple, moving tribute from Cambridge University.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrVVvXOIwQc
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2018, 08:44:12 AM »
Surely, this isn't about Science and Technology but about a remarkable human being who just happened to be a scientist. Should it not be in the General Discussion section?

I recall seeing an episode of Star Trek where Data was playing poker with Stephen Hawking and Isaac Newton - an indication of the popular perception of Stephen Hawking. Both he and Newton had occupied the most prestigious academic chair in the world - Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.

We should celebrate his contributions to science, and admire him for his courage and determination and humanity.
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2018, 09:20:04 AM »
Hawking was the best scientist since Einstein, apparently. He has had a remarkable career for one so disabled. 
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2018, 09:46:20 AM »
Stupendous mind, with the ability to laugh at himself, a wonderful communicator in his discipline. And he was on Star Trek.
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2018, 10:26:02 AM »
Dear Forum,

Now here's a thing, the great man died on the Birthday of another great man :o

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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2018, 11:37:54 AM »
Quote from: Gonnagle on March 14, 2018, 10:26:02 AM
Dear Forum,

Now here's a thing, the great man died on the Birthday of another great man :o

Gonnagle.

And which great man would that be?
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2018, 11:44:55 AM »
Dear Floo,


Me

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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2018, 11:45:54 AM »
Quote from: Littleroses on March 14, 2018, 11:37:54 AM
And which great man would that be?
one would be Einstein, another IMO would be Gonnagle
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2018, 12:15:26 PM »
Dear Forum,

Just to say it is a crying shame that this great mind has left us, but I have been reading all about him this morning, I read his Brief History of Time and like most of the planet only understood about a tenth of what he was saying.

On reflection, I don't think he has really left us, like my wee hero Albert, his work and great quotes will live on, a life worth celebrating.

On humanity:

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"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special"


Interview in Der Spiegel, October 1988

I would have used my very favourite quote from the man but I would like this thread to be a celebration of his life. :)

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PS: His Brief History of Time is being discussed on radio 2 at this very moment
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2018, 12:25:54 PM »
Quote from: Gonnagle on March 14, 2018, 11:44:55 AM
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Me

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WOW, the greatest 'English' man on earth has reached his five score and ten, I am curtsying as I type this.  ;D ;D ;D.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2018, 01:31:49 PM »
Quote from: Gonnagle on March 14, 2018, 10:26:02 AM
Dear Forum,

Now here's a thing, the great man died on the Birthday of another great man :o

Gonnagle.

Ahh.. but surely ... this is always the case.
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2018, 01:52:46 PM »
Quote from: Harrowby Hall on March 14, 2018, 08:44:12 AM
Surely, this isn't about Science and Technology but about a remarkable human being who just happened to be a scientist.
No I think it is the other way around.

In other words that he was a remarkable scientist who also had to overcome massive challenges due to his disability.

Had he not been disabled he would still have been a remarkable scientist.
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2018, 01:53:54 PM »
Damn - beaten to it. I've just started a thread in General Discussion about this. Spoze I'll have to delete it.
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2018, 01:55:26 PM »
Turns out I can't. I'll just have to let the mods do it, if they want to.
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2018, 01:58:59 PM »
Quote from: Steve H on March 14, 2018, 01:55:26 PM
Turns out I can't. I'll just have to let the mods do it, if they want to.
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2018, 02:02:51 PM »
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2018, 03:21:35 PM »



Can't find a good link to it but google Mitchell Toy Stephen Hawking and you should get to a rather lovely cartoon drawing
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2018, 12:42:29 PM »

Interesting take and a view of the Mitchell Toy cartoon that I hadn't thought of



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-43418251

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« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2018, 12:50:48 PM »
It is interesting. Just because a person is disabled they shouldn't be treated differently to others, or considered 'special'. I treat my husband just the same as I did before he became brain damaged. I don't pity him, I tell him like it is, ok it doesn't always make me popular, but that is far better than treating him differently now.
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« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2018, 10:12:12 PM »
I think he's being a bit silly about that cartoon. Of course living in a wheelchair is undesirable, and not as good as being able-bodied. Why else is research to find a cure for spinal cord injury and various progressive diseases such as MND going on?
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2018, 04:09:56 AM »
Quote from: Private Frazer on March 14, 2018, 06:29:54 AM
Stephen Hawking has died age 76

It is sad news but what an amazing life he has had for one so severely disabled yet abled.
He fought valiantly and I pray he is at peace and rest.
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Re: Stephen Hawking has died
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2018, 08:14:35 AM »
Quote from: Littleroses on March 14, 2018, 12:25:54 PM
WOW, the greatest 'English' man on earth has reached his five score and ten, I am curtsying as I type this.  ;D ;D ;D.

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