Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?
by Stephen Hawking · first published 1980
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That student was (supposedly) Max Planck that went on to solve Black Body radiation and help give birth to Quantum Mechanics. In the same vein... There is also a book by Stephen Hawking called "Is the End in Sight for Theoretical Physics: An Inaugural Lecture" from 1980... http://www.amazon.com/End-Sight-Theoretical-Physics-Inaugura...
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