RIP Stephen Hawking

[Peter_Spaeth]

I read, or should I say tried to read, the dumbed down version of A Brief History of Time. He wrote beautifully, and translated very complex subjects into straightforward examples, but even at that, much of it was too abstract for me to get my head around.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I read, or should I say tried to read, the dumbed down version of A Brief History of Time. He wrote beautifully, and translated very complex subjects into straightforward examples, but even at that, much of it was too abstract for me to get my head around.

Yep, my son in an astrophysics major. Our discussions on the subject tend to end very quickly. Just can't wrap my head around concepts that abstract/complex/theoretical.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Yep, my son in an astrophysics major. Our discussions on the subject tend to end very quickly. Just can't wrap my head around concepts that abstract/complex/theoretical.

The highlighted part describes sabermetrics to me.

[edjs]

I'm glad to see they are interring his ashes near Darwin and Newton. Fitting.