The planet metaphysically collapses every time a great man transcends to death. This is certainly the case for Stephen Hawking’s deathThat this March 14, 2018 he leaves Earth, his home, to perhaps delve into the most fascinating answers about the cosmos.
We all remember Stephen Hawking as a stranger to the astral territory and a great popularizer of science who made the most extraordinary theories about the origin of the universe available to the masses. The British physicist, astrophysicist and cosmologist shared a vast legacy that includes his work on explaining the general theory of relativitywhere it confirms the beginning of the creation of space-time in the Big Bang, and the final outcome in the black holes. This contribution to the field of classical science allowed the scientific community to look at the possibility of combining cosmology with quantum physics.
It also highlights the call «Hawking radiation», a theory that suggests that a black hole loses mass at a rate inversely proportional to it, due to the effects of quantum fluctuations; In other words, black holes are not totally black, but can emit radiation and eventually evaporate and disappear.
Another of Hawking’s most transcendental contributions is his theory of everything or unified theory, where he affirms that all the physical phenomena of the universe maintain a connection through unique laws and, therefore, it would be possible to predict them:
The more we examine the universe, we discover that it is by no means arbitrary, but obeys certain well-defined laws that work in different fields.
In addition, his publications stand out: Brief history of time: from the Big Bang to black holes (1988), Black holes and small universes and other essays (1993), The future of spacetime (2003), The theory of everything: the origin and the fate of the universe (2007) and the great design (2010).
Due to his disease, known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Hawking died this Wednesday March 14 at the age of 76. To remember his fascinating contributions, we compile some of the best phrases:
1. One, remember to look at the stars and not at your feet. Two, never stop working. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you’re lucky enough to find love, remember it’s there and don’t throw it away.
2. One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist… Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.
3. If we want to survive as a species, we must also reach out to the stars.
4. We are just an advanced race of monkeys on a planet less than an average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something special.
5. [La vida] It would be tragic, if it weren’t funny.
6. The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
7. The calm and quiet people have the loudest and loudest minds.
8. We have this lifetime to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.
9. Intelligence is the ability to adapt to changes.
10. No matter how bad life seems, there is always something you can do and succeed. Where there’s life there’s hope.
11. Next time you talk to someone who denies the existence of climate change, tell them to take a trip to Venus. I will take care of the expenses.
12. The worst enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
13. The entire history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen arbitrarily, but rather reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
14. What they have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate propped on the back of a giant turtle.
15. Women, to me, are a complete mystery.
16. If you have a physical disability, you cannot afford to be «psychologically» disabled.
17. Simplicity is a matter of taste.
18. The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you will forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother learning?
19. We live in the most probable of all possible worlds.
20. Now we are all connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.
21. Do we really have reason to believe that there is an objective reality?
22. Why does the universe bother to exist?
23. The most remarkable property of the universe is that it has given rise to creatures that can ask questions.
24. We waste time on what is not necessary.
25. It is very important that young people maintain their sense of wonder and keep asking why.
26. Einstein never accepted that the universe was governed by chance; His sentiments were summed up in his famous statement «God doesn’t play dice.»
27. […] Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics. Scientists have become the torchbearers of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
28. It is difficult to imagine how free will can work if our behavior is determined by physical law, so it seems that we are nothing more than biological machines and that free will is just an illusion.
29. I like physics, but I love cartoons.
30. If time travel is possible, where are the tourists of the future?
31. The fact that nobody understands you does not mean that you are an artist.
32. To limit our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
33. If you understand how the universe works, in a way, you control it.
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