Stephen Hawking, who has devoted his career to discovering the origins of the universe, has made the journey to South Africa to join some of the world’s leading high-tech entrepreneurs and scientists who have backed the £75m plan to create Africa’s first postgraduate centers for advanced maths and physics, after the British government declined to provide funding.
“The world of science needs Africa’s brilliant talents and I look
forward to meeting prospective young Einsteins from Africa,” said
Hawking.
Hawking will be joined by eminent physicists and mathematicians
including two Nobel laureates in physics, David Gross and George Smoot,
and Michael Griffin, the head of Nasa.
Neil Turok, founder of the project and professor of mathematical
physics at Cambridge University, where he is a close colleague of
Hawking, said the aim of the centres was to “unlock and nurture
scientific talent” across Africa.
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