Biography of Stephen Hawking's life, family, colleagues and sickness, intermingled with his theories.
Hearing him explain his theories about the universe rekindles the interest in and love for the grand questions of the (mathematical) universe.
"When you've used the phrase 'gravitationally completely collapsed object' ten times, you realise you need another name. So I started to use 'black hole'"
[John Miller]
"When people ask me about black holes, and ask me how we can see them, I tell them: have you ever been to a ball with the boys in their black tuxedo and the girls in their white evening dress? When they turn the light so low you can only see the girls...? Well, those girls are ordinary stars, and the boys are the black holes. You can't see them, but when you watch the girls, that gives you enough convincing evidence that something keeps them in orbit."
[John Miller]
Music by Philip Glass. Good, though not impressive.
Wonderful to see the environmnt, the people, to get a feeling of his life, the history of that genius.
Strange though, that they never show the names of the people they interview. On purpose?
[about the Unifying Theory]
"In time, it should be broadly understandable by everyone. And then we can all, scientists, philosophers and ordinary people, take part in the greatest question: why we and the Universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it is the ultimate triomph. For we would know the mind of God."
[Stephen Hawking]
