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Originally Posted by LesMts
I was reading recently that Stephen Hawking isn't actually considered that great a physicist by his peers. I mean, they don't say he's shit, just that he's not particularly special and there are many, many better physicists. His renown is more to do with his media-friendly appearance and the fact that he wrote a particularly famous pop-science book ("Brief History.....").
Anyway, that's just an aside.
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I think he's dead famous cos he's in a wheelchair and any minority group sells well. It looks good for the publishers too.