The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women.
When
New Scientist magazine asked "Brief History of Time" author Stephen
Hawking what he thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor
renowned for unravelling some of the most complex questions in modern
physics answered: "Women. They are a complete mystery."
The
wheelchair-bound Hawking, who only recently retired from a post once
held by Isaac Newton, talked to the magazine in the run-up to
celebrations for his 70th birthday about his biggest scientific blunder
and his hopes for modern science.
Hawking is due to celebrate his
70th birthday on Sunday with a public symposium entitled "The State of
the Universe" at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Theoretical
Cosmology.
Hawking heads a list of speakers including British
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Saul
Perlmutter and Kip Thorne, one of the world's leading theoretical
physicists.
