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British physicist Stephen Hawking during the 2010 World Science Festival in New York on June 2, 2010.
Stephen Hawking, the world’s best known physicist, has
joined a “distinguished research chair” created for him by the Perimeter
Institute for Theoretical Physics at Waterloo near here.
The
Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics has been set up by
BlackBerry—maker Research In Motion (RIM) — which is headquartered in
Waterloo — to foster culture of innovation in Canada.
The
physicist, who is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
University — a position once held by Isaac Newton — started work at the
Canadian institute Friday.
He will spend many weeks working alongside Canadian researchers and divide his time between Canada and Britain.
The
legendary physicist will be officially welcomed into Canada by Canadian
Industry Minister Tony Clement and Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty at a
ceremony June 20.
Announcing this, Neil Turok,
director of the institute, said, “We are very happy to have Stephen here
doing science with other researchers at Perimeter Institute. On June
20, he will take time out to be welcomed by our many public and private
partners, including the governments of Ontario and Canada, and to give a
special broadcast lecture.
“Stephen is an
exceptional communicator, and we are delighted to be able to share his
talk on television. We are also looking forward to his impressions of
the ‘Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute’ now under
construction.”
After the ceremony, Dr. Hawking will make a special presentation on his work.
Accepting
the Canadian institute’s offer last year, Dr. Hawking had said, “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.”
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