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Why is Stephen Hawking a big deal? - Sixty Symbols

2012-12-11

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Stephen Hawking just scooped a $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize.

Our very own Dr Tony Padilla (who missed out on a prize this year) discusses three of Professor Hawking's most famous pieces of work.

FFP: http://www.fundamentalphysicsprize.org/

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This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/index.aspx (not Stephen Hawking - the people talking are from Nottingham!)

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http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-channels.html


Intro
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Special Prize
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Prize
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Singularity Theorem
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Black Holes
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Hawking Radiation
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Wave Functions
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Imaginary Time
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Cosmic Acceleration
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