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Hawking imparts universe of wisdom
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BERKELEY -- Physicist Stephen Hawking held a sold-out crowd rapt
recently with a brief history of man's quest to understand the
universe.
As the crowd waited for Hawking to appear, Zellerbach Hall was
tense with the kind of excitement and anticipation usually reserved
for rock stars. It felt as if the likes of Mick Jagger was about to
strut out onto the stage at any moment, rather than a scientist in a
wheelchair.
But when Hawking rolled onto the stage, more than 2,000 people
b...
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World-famous physicist gets rock-star welcome: BERKELEY: More than 2,000 fans turn out to hear scientist's take on deep, dark mysteries of the universe.
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