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What's this got to do with his speech problems? Did you want him to ready it to you?
by lallysingh 9y ago
What's this got to do with his speech problems? Did you want him to ready it to you?
- ReverseCold 9y agoI think the point was that he entered the information in digitally, so it should have been easier to provide a digital copy rather than scan actual printed pages. Note: Didn't go to the link, so just guessing.
- aardvark291 9y agoHis thesis is from 1966, an era in which (1) it is likely that he typed it on a typewriter, and (2) he was still almost completely able-bodied.
- Sharlin 9y agoNot only did he type it with a typewriter, all the math notation in the thesis is hand-written! There was no math typesetting available in 1966 outside major printing houses. (Or, I guess, any reasonable priced option for getting your PhD thesis properly typeset and printed at all, math or not.)
- ktta 9y ago>he entered the information in digitally This is Stephen's Hawking's PhD thesis. It is dated 1966. How could he have entered it digitally? UNIX research didn't even start until 1970s. I believe this comment chain thinks the thesis was written recently. So you guys thought Stephen Hawking didn't have a PhD till now?
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoWell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expensive_Typewriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expensive_Typewriter came out in 1961. Cool name also (because computer time was expensive back then!).
- ktta 9y agoThat looks interesting! I quoted UNIX to show how primitive technology was at the time, rather than say he could've possibly used a computer. With ALS, using a computer would as hard as writing I would presume.
- agency 9y agoIt's possible Hawking was able to type/write his thesis. It was published in 1965, two years after his ALS diagnosis. Wikipedia says he didn't begin to use crutches until the late 1960s.