116. Hawking at PI
Save This Post as PDFSo, all these rumors actually had something to do with reality… and those smart ons who thought that the appointment of Neil Turok as the Director of PI should at some point lead to Hawking’s relocation to Canada, were actually right.
I just recieved the following email:
Professor Stephen Hawking to Regularly Visit Canada’s Perimeter Institute as Distinguished Research Chair
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, November 27, 2008 – Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), is pleased to announce the appointment of internationally renowned scientist Professor Stephen Hawking to the position of PI Distinguished Research Chair.Prof. Hawking will conduct regular stays at PI in coming years, beginning in the summer of ‘09, and says, “I am honoured to accept the first Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute. 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. I look forward to building a growing partnership between PI and our Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, at Cambridge. Our research endeavour is global, and by combining forces I believe we will reap rich rewards.”
In announcing that Prof. Hawking will visit PI for extended periods each year, PI Director Neil Turok said, “The appointment marks a new phase in our recruitment that will see leading scientists from around the world establish a second ‘research home’ at Perimeter Institute. I am delighted that Stephen has agreed to accept the first of a projected 40 such visiting Chairs. We look forward to hosting Stephen in Waterloo, Ontario, to benefiting from his wise mentorship and guidance which has been so successful in Cambridge, and to the many stimulating scientific collaborations which will undoubtedly emerge.”
First Lenny Susskind, then Hawking… PI becomes really great place to work at. And what is left for us, Europeans? It looks like soon the only way for us to taste Hawking’s wisdom will be to read his “Large scale structure of spacetime” or to watch his Youtube lectures:
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