Who are these people? I really need to know!

#1 8th July 2007, 8:06 AM

Ok so its 3 in the morning here andI'm bored and I'm on Poker Stars looking around for some tournaments and such and have been seeing these two names for a while now. I really need to know.....Who in the hell are Hubble and Hawkings????

#2 8th July 2007, 9:36 AM

They're physicists. Hubble is the guy they named the space telescope (a telescope placed on a satellite) after, you may have heard of it.

Stephen Hawkings is known mostly for being one of the people who "came up" with black holes. He did a lot more, but it's not fair to say that he predicted them (that was Einstein, implicitly) and he also did not coin the phrase - but he was prominent in understanding what exactly a black hole was and how it works.

#3 8th July 2007, 10:28 AM

Oh man i've been wondering that for a while myself too. Explains the Galileo freeroll too and all the others I can't think off at the moment. Kinda feel dumb until someone points it out to you lol

#4 8th July 2007, 11:04 AM

Ok I get it now Poker STARS haha I'm an idiot....Thank a lot F Paulsson. I knew they had to do with something, just wasn't sure what.

#5 8th July 2007, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by F Paulsson

They're physicists. Hubble is the guy they named the space telescope (a telescope placed on a satellite) after, you may have heard of it.

Stephen Hawkings is known mostly for being one of the people who "came up" with black holes. He did a lot more, but it's not fair to say that he predicted them (that was Einstein, implicitly) and he also did not coin the phrase - but he was prominent in understanding what exactly a black hole was and how it works.

Cool, thanks Fred. Which one was the better limit player?

#6 8th July 2007, 12:24 PM

Im guessing Stephen Hawking would win more often as he's still alive

Plus he has probably got a 'rigged' button on his computer/chair

#7 8th July 2007, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by F Paulsson

They're physicists. Hubble is the guy they named the space telescope (a telescope placed on a satellite) after, you may have heard of it.

Stephen Hawkings is known mostly for being one of the people who "came up" with black holes. He did a lot more, but it's not fair to say that he predicted them (that was Einstein, implicitly) and he also did not coin the phrase - but he was prominent in understanding what exactly a black hole was and how it works.

Very cool, I did not know this myself either.

Freddy is so awesome, he knows everything!!!

#8 8th July 2007, 2:26 PM

Thanks Freddy, how do you know all this, i would have never figured that out,,Your one Smart Guy Fred,, Thanks again , buck

#9 8th July 2007, 5:18 PM

I've always had a soft spot for physics (especially relativity and astronomy).

For those interested in some popular-science type modern physics, I recommend Hawkings' book, "A Brief History of Time." It's well written, in an accessible style, and shows just how cool physics really is.

#10 8th July 2007, 5:24 PM

With the exception of Hawkings, the others would probably consider themselves astronomers.

thus the tie in with poker STARS!.

Hubble was hired as a janitor.

#11 8th July 2007, 5:32 PM

Point taken, even if I consider astronomy a branch of physics. And Galileo would probably just have referred to himself as a "scientist".

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