Posted on 03/14/2018 8:19:50 AM PDT by Voption
The image of Stephen Hawking – who has died aged 76 – in his motorized wheelchair, with head contorted slightly to one side and hands crossed over to work the controls, caught the public imagination, as a true symbol of the triumph of mind over matter. As with the Delphic oracle of ancient Greece, physical impairment seemed compensated by almost supernatural gifts, which allowed his mind to roam the universe freely, upon occasion enigmatically revealing some of its secrets hidden from ordinary mortal view.
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Yes - that’s the guy. I have watched a boatload of his lectures. Lenny Susskind is not only very smart but he communicates well. Lenny’s father was a plumber and Lenny taught him physics.
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