Well done. He doesn't appear to have aged much over the last ten years or so. That's a keeper photograph. Paul On Apr 7, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
> > > Of all living physicists, this one is probably the most known > to non-scientists. > He is one of the most known popular science advocates. He appeared > in several different TV shows and played and was portrayed in a variety > of cartoon shows, including "The Simpsons", "Futurama", etc. > ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking ) > > On Monday, we had a dedication of the Hawking Auditorium in our new > university building. So, I had a chance of taking a photo of him: > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2010/Hawking.jpg > > There were several (4-5 + a videographer from the local > TV station) news photographers > It was rather crazy seeing how many people wanted to have their picture > taken with the famous guy. To me, it was also rather sad to see the > physical state of this person and the fact that his physical appearance > causes such an interest. > Everything was much more low-key when yet another famous scientist > Roger Penrose ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose ) > visited the same building where Penrose tiling was installed > ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling ). > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
