TIL: The now-late Stephen Hawking settled a bet he lost with theoretical physicist John Preskill by giving him the 8th Edition of Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia. Preskill requested it because he is a big fan of Bill James and baseball statistics. theory.caltech.edu/~presk…
TIL Stephen Hawking lost a bet to physicist John Preskill on whether information in a black hole is recoverable as it evaporates. He discovered black hole evaporation and held for 30 years that information is destroyed in the process. He conceded in 2004 and offered Preskill a Baseball encyclopedia. theory.caltech.edu/~presk…
TIL Stephen Hawking used to make bets with other scientists. Upon losing one particular bet with Kip Thorne, Hawking had to subscribe to Penthouse Magazine for a year. The bet was included in Hawking's biopic The Theory of Everything. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ste…
TIL that in 1975, Stephen Hawking bet Kip Thorne a subscription to Penthouse for Thorne against four years of Private Eye for him that Cygnus X-1 wasn't a black hole. Hawking later explained that if black holes didn't exist, much of his research would be incorrect, but at least he'd have won the bet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci…
This week on know your scientists, the scientific and cultural legacy of the mind behind Interstellar, Gravitational waves and a bet with Stephen Hawking. Discover the wonderful science of Kip Stephen Thorne. physicsdiscussionclub.blo…
TIL that in 1975, physicist Kip Thorne bet Stephen Hawking one year of issues of Penthouse Magazine that black holes exist. Thorne won. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tho…
The black hole bet between Hawking and Kip Thorne, the ring galaxy with 8 billion stars and the beautiful Kepler supernova. physicsdiscussionclub.blo…
TIL Stephen Hawking had to purchase a one-year subscription to Penthouse for Kip Thorne after losing a bet pertaining to the existence of black holes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tho…
Kip Thorne won a scientific bet against Stephen Hawking upon the astrophysics theory that underlies Interstellar (2014). As a consequence, Hawking had to subscribe to Penthouse magazine for a year. This famous bet is depicted in The Theory of Everything (2014) which was released in the same year. youtu.be/9H59oE7n05M
TIL that Stephen Hawking bet Kip Thorne over a famous X-ray source not being a black hole: the former to get 3 years of "Private Eye"; the latter a year of "Penthouse"; Thorne won the bet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyg…
TIL Stephen Hawking bought a one year subscription to Penthouse for Kip Thorne after losing a bet regarding the existance of black holes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci…
TIL Stephen Hawking placed a bet with Kip Thorne in 1975 against the existence of a black hole in Cygnus X-1. Kip would win 1 year of Penthouse if it did, Hawking would win 4 years of Private Eye if not. Hawking lost, conceded by breaking into Kip's office while he was away and signed the framed bet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyg…
TIL that after losing a bet between Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne, Hawking broke into Thorne's office while he was in Russia to sign the framed bet, thus conceding to it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C…
TIL Stephen hawking bought Kip Thorne a years subscription to penthouse after losing a bet on the existence of black holes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci…
Have Faith- I bet MSU Live when everyone was talking down on Thorne 🔒 🔐 I watched them all season and knew it was time
Kip Thorne / Stephen Hawking Movie
I just re-listened to Kip Thorne's episode from two years ago, and Kip mentioned that he had a new movie in development that he had written with Stephen Hawking and Lynda Obst. Has anyone heard anything about that? I can't even find a single mention of it online.
Here's a long board that I made with my friend a few days ago. I bet you can guess what I named it. Hint: it talks like Steven Hawking.
I’m doing a Science 8 project on the late Stephen Hawking. So I saw the article about the THP bet so I clicked on the link and... this. I read about it and I don’t think it’s even inappropriate! Can someone explain this plz?
Shane Thorne in response to speculation about William Regal's announcement tomorrow : I bet it's that he misses me. twitter.com/ShaneThorneWW…
Spoilers* Kip Thorne and Stephen Hawking
Just an observation but Kip Throrne believes that information isn't lost when it goes into a black hole whereas Stephen Hawking believes it is.
Despite that from an outside observers perspective, it takes an infinite amount of time to enter a black hole, from the subjects point of view it takes a finite amount of time and if you went into a black hole that was big enough, you could go past the event horizon without being immediately spaghettified (which the film capitalises on)
So the ending isn't as hokey as it sounds - but it still doesn't solve the paradox of if cooper had a telescope, he could watch himself enter the black hole from Brands planet.
The Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award -- Stephen Hawking explains why the work of Doctors Drever, Weiss, Thorne and Barish on gravitational waves is so important (Professor Hawking's birthday is January 8th and he has a huge love of fireworks, hence the final line of the film…) vimeo.com/191755217
Photo from the Interstellar Live Interview (Steven Hawking, Kip Thorne, Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer and Brian Cox) imgur.com/812hcog
How long till some turkey somewhere “baptises“ Stephen Hawking in the name of the LDS Church? Lay your bets
Cam Reddish trade grades: Knicks bet on wing's upside, Hawks gain pick for future deal cbssports.com/nba/news/ca…
TIL that Steven Hawking bet the LHC won't find the 'God particle' cosmosmagazine.com/news/2…
After losing a bet on the potential existence of naked singularities (A singularity without an event horizon/black hole) Stephen Hawking made some t-shirts for the winners with this printed on it:
Black Hole Information Paradox regained -- Hawking may have conceded the bet over black holes too early. fqxi.org/community/articl…
TIL Stephen Hawking bought his friend a year of Penthouse Magazine after he lost a bet over the existence of black holes. mentalfloss.com/blogs/arc…
If you hacked Steven Hawking's speech device I bet you could have a lot of fun before people figured out what was going on
"I.... have.. discovered... proof... that... physics... and... social.. studies... are... one... and... the... same"
Scientists: "omg he's done it again"
Curiosity Daily Podcast: Acoustic Levitation, Stephen Hawking’s Science Bets, Helmholtz Resonance, and Where Your Body Feels Emotions omny.fm/shows/curiosity-p…
a familiar voice cut in, offering to bet £100 that the Higgs particle would never be found, at Cern or anywhere else. It was Stephen Hawking guardian.co.uk/weekend/st…
Stephen Hawking claims victory in gravitational wave bet - Classic Hawk! theguardian.com/science/2…
Did Stephen Hawking Just Win the Most Outrageous Bet in Physics History? blogs.scientificamerican.…
Higgs boson: Prof Stephen Hawking loses $100 bet telegraph.co.uk/science/s…
TIL Le Stephen “Sanders” Hawking bet 420 Hustler subscriptions that this post would get 4 bajillion karma.
