The homeboy won, but what do you expect when the homeboy isStephen Hawking, world-renowned cosmologist and black hole expert at the University of Cambridge, best-selling author, “Simpsons” and “Star Trek” guest star, and aspiring astronaut?
Kimberly White/ReutersStephen Hawking discussing theories on the origin of the universe in Berkeley, Calif., in 2007.In anonline poll of Cambridge University staff members and students, Dr. Hawking’s book, “A Brief History of Time,” has been voted the scientific publication from the last half-century that is most deserving to be remembered 150 years from now. The poll was done as a run-up to theDarwin Anniversary Festival, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s“On the Origin of Species”. The festival will take place in Cambridge, where Darwin spent much of his life, from July 6 to 10.
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