Stephen Hawking: The Greatest Scientist of Our Time

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Steve Theunissen
Producer - Samuel Avila
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[Biographics]

Guys, wow, yes, I made a mistake reading the date. Obviously I meant 1942, not 1842. Could we shift the conversation to something intelligent, rather than just pointing out a rather minor reading error?

[MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Doctor: "Stephen, you have 2 years to live."
Stephen Hawking: "No."

[bmobmo]

At the age of 21, he was given 2 years to live. Then, over the next 55 years, he changed the way we see physics. If that's not one of the greatest scientists the world has ever seen, i don't know what is.

[rockylewis]

Wow... He was born on the anniversary of Galileo's death, and died on Einstein's birthday. I find that extremely interesting

[malcolmthorne]

A titan of our time. It is a truly cruel twist of fate that saw him suffer as he did.

[jameslampley]

I loved this man so much I cried in class when my teacher told me he died. I wanted to meet him so bad I wrote him letters and everything.

[MrAkashvj]

Prof. Hawking has been one of the most influential physicists of the past century but I think his influence is felt only by people working in a very specific field in physics, namely Cosmology, which is perhaps why you'll sometimes hear people say that he wasn't all that respected in the scientific community and that he was more of a great public educator and less of a great scientist.

But actually the truth is Hawking was revered in academia and he commanded enormous respect and that had nothing to do with his illness. He made seminal contributions to quantum gravity. He published a string of papers on black hole mechanics in the 70s that in many ways marked the beginning of modern cosmology and his proposed information paradox was the first real indication that general relativity was not compatible with unitary evolution of quantized fields. Moreover the Penrose-Hawking singularity theorem is one of, if not the most important result in classical general relativity.

I'm always upset when people call him a public educator of scientific ideas. I think it's an enormous disservice to his towering intellect.
Great video btw.

[ignitionfrn]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - Budding genius
4:00 - Chapter 2 - College bound
6:55 - Chapter 3 - Physical abnormalities
11:35 - Chapter 4 - The singularity theory
12:55 - Chapter 5 - Failing body / enhanced mind
17:10 - Chapter 6 - Personal problems
19:00 - Chapter 7 - The end

[laztoth]

Being Disabled ♿. Stephen Hawking is one of my Heroes!!!! GODSPEED

[arjusarauis]

You’ll have to admit, he managed to cling to life and making the most of his life progressing the science fields. It’s as though he’s not giving his body permission to give out on him as he actually have a purpose in life despite being physical handicapped until, of course, his body finally gave out on him.

[taylorwhisnsnt]

RIP. tragedy happens to the best of us but life is beautiful. i hope hes found his answers.

[LyonTheGreat]

He died on my birthday. I remember being crushed when I found out. What an amazing mind he had. We're all at a loss without his presence.

[davidebusato]

"A brief history of time", I read it the first time when I was 8 years old, I enjoyed it so much that I read it 4 times...

[joeldeakin]

Love this setup, it seems so warm and cosy

[kpounders]

Favorite line from Hawking on Big Bang Theory: I may never have won the Nobel but I've been on the Simpsons!

[Achillez]

Medieval Spanish Poetry? That's a course?
Hawking's wife had some pretty interesting interests...

[MilesWilliams]

This guy was so inspiring. I won't pretend to understand anything he talked about, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating what a genius he was. The world needs more men like him.

[jasonlong]

"For millions of years, man lived just like the animals. Then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk."

"All we need to do is keep talking."

[davidpesekmuller]

I was struck listening to Eckhart Tolle's narration of his New Earth when he mentioned his meeting with Stephen at Cambridge, not knowing of his career and when their eyes met; how Steven's eyes held joyful surrender, despite his outlook...
Just incredible 👌

[OldieBugger]

... he fell into deep depression... well, he had every reason to!