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s we were going to press, news broke that world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking had passed away. One of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century, Hawking oſten mentioned the fact that his birth date was exactly 300 years after Galileo’s death. No doubt he would have enjoyed the coincidence that his death was 139 years to the day that Albert Einstein was born, too.
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His contributions to the world of cosmology – concerning the birth, evolution and fate of the universe – led to repeat Nobel-prize nominations, particularly for his groundbreaking theory that “black holes ain’t so black” and that some things, dubbed “Hawking radiation”, can escape after all.
His last work, entitled “A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation”, was submitted just days before he died and could be his most important thesis ever, with a mathematical blueprint to prove the existence of parallel universes…
For those of us who aren’t experts in theoretical astrophysics, Hawking will also be remembered for his courageous and inspirational battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease (or “ALS”), a rare form of motor neurone disease that left him paralysed and communicating through a computerised voice system.
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Given just two years to live at the age of 21, Hawking defied all expectations by living a full and rich life with humour and optimism until the respectable age of 76. And as he himself pointed out, he may have had a wheelchair-bound existence on Earth, but his mind was free to explore the cosmos. So it seems a fitting coincidence that our cover feature this issue should also be looking at the stars, or more specifically, looking at the work of other brilliant minds and their exciting efforts to launch space tourism. From the suborbital flights already being sold by Virgin Galactic to Space X’s planned trips around the moon, it’s time to empty those piggy banks for the trip of a lifetime. Turn to page 30 to find out more.
Tamsin Cocks Editor T HIS IS SUE ’S PIC K S
MADRID RISING
Business is booming again in the Spanish capital (page 22)
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GALAXY QUEST Tourism faces
the final frontier (page 30)
FUTURE TRENDS
What will travel look like in the next decade? (page 48)
EVOLUTION OF THE WORK LUNCH
Remembering the good old days of wining and dining (page 71)
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