Hawking interview in the Guardian. Funny:
“If you could go back in time, who would you rather meet, Marilyn Monroe or Isaac Newton?” and after 10 minutes he says in that voice that makes the blandest statement sound profound: “Marilyn. Newton seems to have been an unpleasant character.”
The interview reminds me of attending a physics talk by Hawking at Caltech. What was awesome was that after the talk, there was a question from the audience. And then, because it takes Hawking a long time to compose his answer, the big wig professors at Caltech began to debate what exactly Hawking’s answer should be. Wow, very fun stuff to witness! Then after about 15 minutes came Hawkings answer. We all waited in antipication for that famous digitized voice. His answer to the question: “No.”