On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> 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 ).
Wonderful photo! How often does one have a chance to photograph one of the most famous people in the world? You made the most of it, to be sure! I saw a brief piece on him on a science show. His now famous electronic voice is now very obsolete, insofar as it could be made to sound much more "human". His is based on twenty year old technology. He refused to change it, because it's what people are "used to" - in other words, it's "his voice" now. Anyway, terrrific shot of an icon. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
