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Re:Stephen Hawking has died by devy on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:46PM (#16586721)
What about Michio Kaku? Google always shows him along side when searching for Tyson.
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Re:Stephen Hawking has died by auntienomen on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @03:36PM (#16587623)
Kaku is not in the first rank of theorists. He knows the physics, but he's primarily a popsci figure. Hasn't produced original research in decades.
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Re:Stephen Hawking has died by shrimp_emoji on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:53PM (#16586780)
I've heard he's not very personable[0], and that's important for pop-scientists.

[0]: https://youtu.be/EnMMirZBMlc

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Re:Stephen Hawking has died by starshadowx2 on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:50PM (#16586762)
He's already 71, so he's still a face to the same people as Hawking was.
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