Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:11:57 -0500
From: mark <whitroth@5-cent.us>
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Subject: [WSFA] Stephen Hawking on Black Holes and Why =?UTF-8?B?SGXigJlkIEJlIGEg? =?UTF-8?B?R29vZCBCb25kIFZpbGxhaW4=?=
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Hawking\342\200\231s public role doesn\342\200\231t detract from the fact that, over the past
five decades, he has been one the boldest explorers of the cosmos, at
least in the realms of thought \342\200\224 his mind roams in theoretical dimensions
that, for the most part, remain inaccessible to experiment and direct
observation. Through necessity (he\342\200\231s no longer able to write equations),
Hawking has developed an original way of thinking about the mysteries of
the cosmos, not relying so much on equations as most physicists do, but
preferring to think in terms of pictures and geometries. Such tools are
allied to an approach that aims to make big, intuitive breakthroughs,
rather than incremental contributions, in our understanding of the cosmos.
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<http://www.wired.com/2015/01/stephen-hawking-black-holes-hed-good-bond-villain/>

     mark