Stephen Hawking Says Women The Biggest Mystery
Reuters - Thu, Jan 5, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women.
When New Scientist magazine asked Stephen Hawking, author of "Brief History of Time", what he thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor renowned for unravelling some of the most complex questions in modern physics answered: "Women. They are a complete mystery."
The wheelchair-bound Hawking, who only recently retired from a post once held by Isaac Newton, talked to the magazine in the run-up to celebrations for his 70th birthday about his biggest scientific blunder and his hopes for modern science.
Hawking is due to celebrate his 70th birthday on Sunday with a public symposium entitled "The State of the Universe" at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology.
Hawking heads a list of speakers including British Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Saul Perlmutter and Kip Thorne, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists.
(Reporting by Paul Casciato, editing by Steve Addison)
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By New Scientist Magazine (04 January 2012, Magazine issue 2846)
Stephen Hawking at 70: Exclusive interview
When he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease aged just 21, Stephen Hawking was only expected to live a few years. He will be 70 this month, and in an exclusive interview with New Scientist he looks back on his life and work.
STEPHEN HAWKING is one of the world's greatest physicists, famous for his work on black holes. His condition means that he can now only communicate by twitching his cheek. His responses to the questions are followed by our own elaboration of the concepts he describes.
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Question: What do you think most about during the day?
Hawking: "Women. They are a complete mystery."