Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Here’s a slight departure from the usual technical blog - so, the holiday’s are a distant memory, yet, the scene outside my window right now looks like something out of “A Christmas Carol”, by Charles Dickens. This time of year is a strange one for us; both December and January are truncated by the holidays which can mean playing catch-up on the work-related items to recover from the time spent during family reunions.

Last year, 2018, saw the passing of a somewhat revered, sometimes contentious, but never ignored figure, Dr Stephen Hawking. During the Christmas period, I received a gift, a gift that has clearly made an impression - the book ‘Brief Answers to the Big Questions’. I mention this because it’s people like Hawking that have dedicated sufficient headspace to think and reflect on the bigger ideas, concepts and science that us mere mortals may not have the time or will to consider. So, it’s a kind of lazy way of letting the scientist do all the mental leg work so we don’t have to!

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