Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.
Stephen HawkingThere are no black holes - in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity. There are however apparent horizons which persist for a period of time.
Stephen HawkingMaybe I don't have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years.
Stephen HawkingMy goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
Stephen Hawking