Earlier this year, the rumour mill was buzzing that Hawking would be heading to Canada to be part of the Perimeter Institute. Well today we found out more details behind that.
According to Hawking:
”I am honoured to accept the first Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute,” Prof. Hawking said in a statement released Thursday. ”The Institute’s twin focus, on quantum theory and gravity, is very close to my heart and central to explaining the origin of the Universe.”
With tongue firmly in cheek, I just have to say that at least there is some distance between Waterloo and Toronto – otherwise, this might have given TO a boost to the “center of the Universe” ego. But this is certainly going to be a boost to Canadian science.
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