tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post1218489210570134720..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: How Hawking Became the "Sage" of ScienceZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-83883612789439224152009-04-25T21:08:00.000-05:002009-04-25T21:08:00.000-05:00Math may not be science, but it very important in ...Math may not be science, but it very important in the studies of chemistry and physics.Einstein's Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075051682165324758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-35878329156016878042009-04-25T19:07:00.000-05:002009-04-25T19:07:00.000-05:00Mathematics is not science. There is no observati...Mathematics is not science. There is no observation and experiment in math class.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-1766633706493895232009-04-25T09:05:00.000-05:002009-04-25T09:05:00.000-05:00But which came first?
Do you think his book would...But which came first?<br /><br />Do you think his book would have sold that many if it weren't from "Stephen Hawking"? He already had achieved his "fame" by then.<br /><br />I also don't think his contribution to astrophysics could be appreciated by the public and the media. There have been many other people making similar, if not larger, impact in astrophysics and physics, AND, won Nobel Prizes for it. So his intellectual work, I think, has no impact on influencing his fame among the public. I can see it influencing his fame among those in the profession.<br /><br />Zz.ZapperZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-40507006645164860482009-04-25T09:02:00.000-05:002009-04-25T09:02:00.000-05:00The illness is one thing, but his extraordinary fa...The illness is one thing, but his extraordinary fame probably has most to do with two things. Firstly, his book was the biggest popular physics blockbuster in recent history, and secondly, his GR work, his crucial early work on quantum cosmology, his assertions about information loss in GR, and his work on black holes--especially his discovery of Hawking radiation and black hole evaporation--may well be some of the most important and creative work in these fields of his time. So I think his game is richly deserved!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com