I dothinkthattheprizeitself $3 millionHawkingdoesn't reallyneedthatmoney.
Actually, he's a millionaireanyway, andsometimesyouknowsomebody's gonnathrowthisamountofmoneyasMilneris a physicsthen I wouldprobablypreferhewasspreadoutmoreevenly, anditwasusedtofundyoungerresearchersratherthanjustgiven a puttonthebacktothereallyfamousguys.
I supposethereisanargumentwhichsaysthatitraisestheprofileofphysics, andthat's gottobe a goodthingaswell, butcertainlyfromanacademicpointofview, I thinktalkingis a worthyrecipients.
Thesecondthing, anotherplacewhereyougetthesesimilarities, ofcourse, isisinblackholesatthecenterof a blackholeofstarcollapses, anditformsoneoftheseobjects.
Peopleoftensayblackholesat a blackthatliterallynolightcanescapebecausethegravitationalfieldissostrong.
ButwhatHawkingrealizedandthisisprobablyhisgreatestachievementwasthatwhenyouapplyquantummechanics, particularlytotheeventhorizonof a blackholethatyoucangetparticlecreationonsortofeithersideoftheeventhorizon.
Sowedon't knowhawkingradiationiscorrect, butthisisoneofthepointsofthepricesothatthereisnoexperimentalproofofhawkingradiation, andit's possiblethatwemightproduce a blackholeatthe L A.
IfthereisonethatSothequestionishousehold, younevergonnaget a prizeforthisremarkablework?
Well, thisisthepointofthisprizethat I thinknowadays, theoreticalphysicshaseventsomuch.
Andthegapbetweentheoryandexperimentsintermsoftimescaleissolargethat I willbesurprisedif, aftertheafterthediscoveryoftheHiggs, thatanytheoristwillget a NobelPrizeagain.
Thisis a prettyheavygoingbook, and I knowthatsomeofhawkingstudentshavetoreadthisbeforetheydoanythingelse.
I havetoreadthroughthewholebook.
YoucollectingtheEuclideanbitofthatmeansyougotoimaginarytimesoyougetridofinrealtimeandyougotoimaginarytimedescribedphysicslikethatandwhatthatdoesisyoucanhave a scenariowherewhenyougobackinimaginarytime, thetheuniversejustclosesoff.
Youhavenoboundarysothere's noinitialpointintime.
Youcan't definethat.
Itjustclosesoffwhenyousayimaginarytime.
Doyoumeanlike a timewherethere's Cinderellaordoyoumeanimaginaryintermsof I A numberthatdoesn't exist?
No.
Butitdoesn't exist.
Yeah, I needtheinsidesoftheimaginarynumberyetexactly.
Soyouwouldbasicallyyougofromtime, asinrealtimeto I timesthatyoucanhaveanentireprocesswhichwouldhappeninstantaneouslyinrealtime.