I attended a lecture he gave here in the bay area around 10 years ago. I was, of course, aware of his career from a much earlier date - I was at Cambridge from 1968 - 1971 (reading Mathematics & Computer science), which was when he (and Penrose) were redefining theoretical physics. I never heard him lecture while I was at Cambridge (although I did hear a lecture on Quantum Physics given by Paul Dirac, an earlier holder of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics that Hawking held). And I learned the basics of astrophysics and relativity from Dennis Sciama - Hawking's thesis adviser; he gave some lectures as part of the mathematics degree.
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 04:43:33PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Igor, > I saw the man speak 30 years ago at a professional meeting. > It's a shame about his physical disabilities. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > > > > > Of all living physicists, this one is probably the most known > > to non-scientists. > > He is one of the most known popular science advocates. He appeared > > in several different TV shows and played and was portrayed in a variety > > of cartoon shows, including "The Simpsons", "Futurama", etc. > > ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking ) > > > > On Monday, we had a dedication of the Hawking Auditorium in our new > > university building. So, I had a chance of taking a photo of him: > > > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2010/Hawking.jpg > > > > There were several (4-5 + a videographer from the local > > TV station) news photographers > > It was rather crazy seeing how many people wanted to have their picture > > taken with the famous guy. To me, it was also rather sad to see the > > physical state of this person and the fact that his physical appearance > > causes such an interest. > > Everything was much more low-key when yet another famous scientist > > Roger Penrose ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose ) > > visited the same building where Penrose tiling was installed > > ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling ). > > > > Igor > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
