Stephen Hawking's Final Paper published

[cobalt124]

https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.01847
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/10/stephen-hawkings-final-scientific-paper-released

I hadn't realised he was still researching, I assumed he'd retired a long time ago.

 

[Hawkingo]

A true scientist is never retired as long as he is alive.

 

[BillTre]

Hawking is no longer living.

He passed away on March 14, 2018.
The paper is a posthumous publication.

 

[Hawkingo]

Hawking is no longer living.

He passed away on March 14, 2018.
The paper is a posthumous publication.

I know that,but he wrote the paper in his last days.

 

[cobalt124]

Yes I'd realised it was posthumous, I'd read in another thread here that he hadn't made a significant contribution (whatever that means) for a long time, and what with him becoming a celebrity I just thought he had stopped researching, it was good to see he hadn't.

 

[Matterwave]

Yes I'd realised it was posthumous, I'd read in another thread here that he hadn't made a significant contribution (whatever that means) for a long time, and what with him becoming a celebrity I just thought he had stopped researching, it was good to see he hadn't.

From my understanding, his ALS was progressing to the point where communication with his grad students became extremely difficult and this is what slowed down his research pace.