Beautiful Ideas on the Cosmos
Understanding nature’s secrets and laws seems to be a huge undertaking that requires a brilliant mind, such as that of Galileo Galilei, who observed the moon’s craters and Jupiter’s four moons through his telescopes.
In this March 30, 2015 file photo, Professor Stephen Hawking arrives for the Interstellar Live show at the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said early Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
“It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.” (Stephen Hawking, as quoted in a statement by his family in announcing the renowned scientist’s death, ABC7news, KHA, March 14)
Understanding nature’s secrets and laws seems to be a huge undertaking that requires a brilliant mind, such as that of Galileo Galilei, who observed the moon’s craters and Jupiter’s four moons through his telescopes. And then there was Isaac Newton who discovered gravity (IS Glass, Revolutionaries of the Cosmos). Jumping ahead to the 20th century, the world of science, especially physics, witnessed how a genius named Albert Einstein gave birth to the Theory of Relativity (Special in 1905 and General in 1916).