The year the world says good bye to Stephen Hawking , one of the foremost authorities on black holes, might also be the year that one these massive cosmic voids is seen for the first time. Eight radio telescopes around the world have been linked up to take the first photograph of the black hole that sits in the center of our galaxy.
Stephen Hawking , the famous British physicist and one of the world's most brilliant scientific minds died at 76, as confirmed by a statement made by his family. The genius of astrophysics suffered from ALS, a degenerative disease, from the time he was 21 years old, thus exceeding life expectancy predictions. Since he was only able to communicate by means of a speech synthesizer. What are you looking for?
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Help us fund the future and next generation of problem solvers, wonder seekers, world changers and nerds. Donate Now. In this sense, he is continually gaining on Galileo and Newton - it seems a safe bet that his perceived importance is bound to grow even further. If sheer popularity was our yardstick but of course it should not be , the race would already be over - Einstein is the only truly famous scientist who ever lived, the only one whose fame matches that of the most popular rock stars ever.
Nevertheless, we should not forget that it was Archimedes who provided the basic tools that made possible the discoveries of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. Since he started out from much more limited prior knowledge, and since there has not been much scientific progress for such a long time after his death, his work appears to be even more unique and outstanding.
It seems likely that for quite some time many will consider Archimedes as the greatest of them all.
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