Ad Astra Stephen Hawking! You were certainly one of a kind.
Stephen Hawking Takes Zero-G Rides
I’ll admit, I don’t know everything about Stephen Hawking, who does? I’ve bought his books and I’ve even read some of what he wrote. No one can deny that when his, previously distracting, body failed him, he was very resourceful and turned to what he had left: his mind.
Bravo, I say! I think that’s wonderful.
I admire anyone who overcomes great odds.
Of course, I think that maybe a lot of that had to do with him being a white guy. Before his affliction he was an average student and was more interested in being social and athletic. Later, he had a wife to help him and he left that wife for his nurse. He probably would have died much sooner if not for being manually moved continually, one doctor told me.
I’m so sad when someone like this is so revered yet so many others were forgotten. They overcame great odds as well, even in their healthy bodies.
Like the woman who was not allowed in the hotel she was presenting at – they had to take her through the kitchen to get her to her stage. Remember her name? I know her story. Her name is NOT ready at hand however.
What about Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan or Mary Jackson?
We’ve started to see movies such as Hidden Figures about those sheroes finally.
Do you know why Marie Currie is so well known? She is the ONLY person, still, who won the Nobel prize twice in science! Her daughter won a Nobel prize as well, did you know that?
Yes, it’s great we know the name Stephen Hawking and yes, I’ll morn the loss of this great scientist. I’ll probably morn the loss to the world, all the unsung scientists who also overcame equally great odds in an unequal world just because they were women or their skin wasn’t the ‘right’ color or some other arbitrary characteristic or trait.
This is not a thorough look into this matter, rather a sad time for all of science, whether we know the scientist or not. May all who are lost to us rest in peace.
