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Stephen Hawking: Women the biggest mystery in the Universe
The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world’s best known scientists is — women.
When New Scientist magazine asked “Brief History of Time” author Stephen Hawking 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.” (Photo: Sarah Lee/The Science Museum/Reuters)
Heaven is just a ‘fairy story,’ Hawking says
Heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview.
The 69-year-old was expected to die within a few years of being diagnosed with degenerative motor neurone disease at the age of 21, but became one of the world’s most famous scientists with the publication of his 1988 book A Brief History of Time.
“I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first,” he told The Guardian newspaper.
“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”
When asked how we should live he said, “We should seek the greatest value of our action.” (Photo: Discovery Channel)
