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...most unusual communication was with the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time (almost 9 million copies sold), whose battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) did not keep him from visiting Caltech in March. Charles e-mailed Hawking's assistant, and after making two small editing changes requested by Hawking, received a FedEx package from California the next day. Inside was a piece of paper bearing Hawking's freshly made right thumbprint...
Mortality is a familiar DMB theme, and it surfaces on Everyday. When Matthews was 10, his physicist father John died of cancer; in 1994, Matthews' elder sister Anne was murdered. Says Matthews: "It had an effect on my outlook. Statements like, 'They're in a better place'--all that stuff is just junk food. Her death and the death of my father made me stand up and pay attention. It makes you not want to forget--not want to forget to live...
...hire an experimental physicist, you might need four or five thousand square feet," he said at University Hall after a faculty meeting...
Holdren began his career as a physicist, and was involved in early research on nuclear fusion. His interest in energy technology eventually led to a lifetime of work on the interface of science and public policy...
...Winners PAUL McCARTNEY Sir Silly Lovesong is Britain's first pop billionaire. Just in time: Ringo needs an advance on royalties for his CD, Remember Me? STEPHEN HAWKING Physicist is serenaded by Marilyn Monroe look-alike at 60th birthday bash. Apologetic organizers say it was Princess Leia's night off LENI RIEFENSTAHL Creator of Nazi propaganda flick Triumph of the Will plans first release in 45 years. They just don't make totalitarians like they used to Losers ANNE ROBINSON Named "fashion's Weakest Link" by critic Mr. Blackwell and likened to "Harry Potter in drag." That's one brave...