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The Human Cost of Science: Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything

This week’s video is a preview for the movie ‘The Theory of Everything’, which premiered last week to North American audiences.

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This week’s video is a preview for the movie ‘The Theory of Everything’, which premiered last week to North American audiences. According to a post on the Observations blog by Clara Moskowitz,

Stephen Hawking is one of our greatest living geniuses–his insights into the nature of black holes, space and time have truly revolutionized physics. But his breakthroughs did not spring from his mind fully formed–they required hard work and sacrifice, from both the physicist and from his first wife, Jane Wilde. In the new biographical film The Theory of Everything we see the toll Hawking’s work and his illness took on their marriage and on both individuals.


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Check out Clara’s wonderful review of the film here.

Carin Bondar is a biologist, writer and film-maker with a PhD in population ecology from the University of British Columbia. Find Dr. Bondar online at www.carinbondar.com, on twitter @drbondar or on her facebook page: Dr. Carin Bondar – Biologist With a Twist.

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