Some really bad news for anyone that loves science. Stephen Hawking has passed away.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/o...king-dead.html
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:( Stephen Hawking has died. :(
Some really bad news for anyone that loves science. Stephen Hawking has passed away.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/o...king-dead.html
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It's sad that this won't get anywhere near the press that a 'celebrity' passing away would have. He is arguably one of the greatest minds in modern time.
The world science community has some big boots to fill.
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It is truly sad. A great mind may be gone but his works will always be around
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Hawking was born on 8/1, the anniversary of Galileo's death.
He passed away on 14/3, the anniversary of Einstein's birth.
What are the odds of that? 2/365.
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Sad that he is gone. The world is fortunate to have him as long as we did and despite his disability he lived more than anyone could have imagined.
What does Ultra Mackness have to say about the odds? (taking them as independent events)Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Hawking was born on 8/1, the anniversary of Galileo's death.
He passed away on 14/3, the anniversary of Einstein's birth.
What are the odds of that? 2/365.
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I think amazingly he has received a lot of coverage in the papers and on the TV. I wonder how much of it though was because of his very public persona, engagement with things like The Simpsons and Futurama, and his biopic four years ago, rather than his scientific breakthrough.
Hawking was born on 8/1, the anniversary of Galileo's death.
He passed away on 14/3, the anniversary of Einstein's birth.
What are the odds of that? 2/365.I'm not Ultra Mackness, but if we're taking the odds for both of those events to happen to one person it would be 1/365 multiplied by 1/365, which would be 1/133225
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Despite his illness he achieved a lot - most impressive!
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