I saw him "speak" through a grad student about 30 years ago at Harvard. While there's not question that I feel sorry for anyone in that condition, he has lived a remarkably long time with ALS and has essentially had a full career. What I find most interesting is that his condition has denied him the ability to do math in a normal fashion (pencil and paper) and has affected his thinking about physics. I always wonder how his thinking would have differed, for better or worse, if he had never gotten this disease.
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
