Gary A. Markette wrote on Sep 15th, 2011, 3:55am:If you actually managed to read Hawking's stuff, I salute you. I started "A Brief History of Time" and soon surrendered to the convoluted, poorly-written, arrogant nature of it. Genius or not, the man can't write. As for hero-worship, we each choose our heroes differently. Mine has always been Bill Mazeroski. If Adrienne likes Hawking, no problem. But I bet he can't hit in the clutch like Maz.
Be honest, I forget how it was written. I do remember something about black holes/radiation. One may have been "A Brief History.." (I guess it would have had to be, huh? I just looked up his publications), chances are it was, but I forget. I'll bet if I read the thing again I may feel the same way as you, as far as his writing goes. And for another, would probably feel like I was reading it for the first time. My, how time flies; and you don't need to be a physicist to understand that.
As far as heroes go, I'm not knocking it. I guess I was speaking more to her/his (I still don't know if this poster is male or female. The way panents spell children's names anymore, who knows, you know?) frustration, than anything else.
Oops. I just realized I haven't even introduced myself. Most places/sites have an introduction thread. I'll look for one instead of injecting it here.
Thanks for the talk. Have a nice day. :)