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| (Stephen Hawking with daughter Lucy) |
New Scientist recently
reported that Hawking has been enthusiastically following discoveries made by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WAMP) – both of which have
been measuring “the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the afterglow of the big bang that pervades all of space.” The findings of both these satellites support the “theory of inflation, which predicts that the universe underwent a period of breakneck expansion shortly after the big bang…”
New Scientist also
reported that Hawking considers the search for supersymmetric partners (of known
fundamental particles) to be the undertaking that could most revolutionize human understanding of the universe.
Evidence of this type of partnering would support the M-theory, “the 11-dimensional version of string theory that is the best stab so far at a ‘theory of everything…’”
Well, almost
everything… At the conclusion of this New Scientist
interview, Hawking did admit that there remains one “complete mystery” that he thinks “most about.”
That inscrutable mystsery is “women.”
Certainly, Hawking has “studied” women as much as he has studied other cosmic wonders. Wikipedia
reports that he has been heterosexually married twice: the first time for approximately 25 years, and the
second time for approximately 11 years. Plus, he has a daughter who is an accomplished writer.
This makes for a great deal of female energy within Hawking’s personal universe. Which just goes to show that inner space can be a lot more daunting than even outer space…
Resources
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328460.500-stephen-hawking-at-70-exclusive-interview.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking
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