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Stephen Hawking at the Flint Center

I have always enjoyed physics and astrophysics, and the epitome of that enjoyment was attending a live lecture by the famous by Dr Stephen Hawking at the Flint Center yesterday. The event was roughly two hours, divided in three parts. First, Dr Hawking gave a fascinating exposition of black holes and the Hawking radiation, then his long time friend, Prof. Kip Thorne gave an excellent talk about his research on black holes. The sessions ended with a Q&A session dubbed: the best of Hawking. The event was sold out, and the Flint Center was overflowing with patrons standing up on the side to listen to Dr. Hawking. It is not hard to understand why. Dr Hawking is a world renowned physicist who can explain complex topics in simple terms that everyone can understand and enjoy. Because of his deteriorating physical condition due to ALS, most of the lecture and Q&A session were prepared--later on Kip revealed the reason is that the technology that Dr. Hawking uses to communicate all