Submission + - Stephen Hawking May move to Canada (nationalpost.com)
nairnr writes: According to The National Post The most famous physicist in the world could be moving to Canada to work at a prestigious institute for pure scientific research in Waterloo.
Dr. Stephen Hawking, the award-winning author of A Brief History of Time, is reportedly considering leaving Britain's Cambridge University, after almost 50 years of groundbreaking work there on theoretical physics, in favour of the Perimeter Institute, founded by the Canadian owners of high-tech firm Research in Motion Ltd.
The Daily Telegraph reports today that the 66-year-old scientist is looking seriously at the offer to move to Canada after attacking the British government for cuts to scientific funding he has called "disastrous."
Colleagues say Dr. Hawking believes British government policy is making the nation the home of "dull science" and Dr. Hawking said publicly last month that the $160-million funding cuts would "cause enormous damage both to British science and to our international reputation."
Dr. Stephen Hawking, the award-winning author of A Brief History of Time, is reportedly considering leaving Britain's Cambridge University, after almost 50 years of groundbreaking work there on theoretical physics, in favour of the Perimeter Institute, founded by the Canadian owners of high-tech firm Research in Motion Ltd.
The Daily Telegraph reports today that the 66-year-old scientist is looking seriously at the offer to move to Canada after attacking the British government for cuts to scientific funding he has called "disastrous."
Colleagues say Dr. Hawking believes British government policy is making the nation the home of "dull science" and Dr. Hawking said publicly last month that the $160-million funding cuts would "cause enormous damage both to British science and to our international reputation."