Stephen Hawking: Inspiration and aspiration
The Person Inside
The lesson I took away from Hawking was that a life of meaning is one where you are productive and contribute to society in whatever small way you can.
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4 UC Berkeley faculty elected to join Royal Society of London
Four UC Berkeley faculty members were elected to join the Royal Society of London last week, the oldest scientific academy in continued existence, which boasts names such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking in its ledgers.
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A brief description of Stephen Hawking’s impact
Though Hawking and his findings have been well-known mostly among those who follow STEM, his impact has managed to stretch to every corner of the world.
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Physicist Michio Kaku discusses digitizing consciousness, colonizing Mars at Berkeley event
Physicist, futurist and best-selling author Michio Kaku took audience members on a journey from the universe’s deepest reaches to its most fundamental building blocks at an event hosted by KPFA radio station Tuesday night at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley.
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Student Research | Searching for the universe’s most elusive objects
Haynes Stephens studies gravitational microlensing events with professor Jessica Lu to glimpse invisible black holes in our galaxy.
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A nation divided
I don’t have any profound wisdom to offer, or a bumper sticker resolution about trying to “figure this shit out together, man.” But I would like to reflect — for me.
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Notes from our journals
1.1.16 –Hazel “‘Do, try, be good.’ I hope I can live up to that. That was the best I could come up with, but it’s a solid aspiration. Right?” 1.3.16 –Lizzie “Avocados are nature’s mayonnaise? I was almost more insulted by that comment than when I get called out for
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Judith Goldhaber, science writer and poet, dies at 81
Judith Goldhaber, a science writer for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a prominent figure in the Berkeley community, died May 26. She was 81 years old.
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UC Berkeley freshman Selam Sekuar dies at 19
Selam Sekuar, a UC Berkeley freshman and international student from Ethiopia, was fatally struck by a train at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station on Nov. 25. She was 19.
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Love defies physics in ‘The Theory of Everything’
“The Theory of Everything,” directed by James Marsh and written by Anthony McCarten, is based on Jane Hawking’s autobiography “Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen.” Against the backdrop of her husband, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking’s (Eddie Redmayne) academic endeavors, the film traces Jane (Felicity Jones) and Stephen’s relationship from
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