Leaping the Abyss: Stephen Hawking on black holes, unified field theory, and Marilyn Monroe.(Interview) From: Reason | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: Benford, Gregory | COPYRIGHT 2002 Reason Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

STEPHEN HAWKING SEEMED slightly worse, as always. It is a miracle that he has clung to life for over 20 years with Lou Gehrig's disease. Each time I see him I feel that this will be the last, that he cannot hold on to such a thin thread for much longer.

Hawking turned 60 in January. Over the course of his brilliant career, he has worked out many of the basics of black hole physics, including, most strikingly, his prediction that black holes aren't entirely black. Instead...

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