On 06 Feb 2014, at 22:49, LizR wrote:
Hawking gets the attention because he has ALS. It's not a tradeoff
many would want to make.
He might get attention also because he is a star in the field (rather
well deserve for its accomplishment).
Of course it is good for him, and possibly sad for some other
scientists, which might do good work but be ignored.
History of science is full of misattributions of all kind. It is not
really important for the ideas, but of course it can be important for
the more peculiar steak, moral, fundings, etc.
Bruno
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