Postcard from London Martin Rees, a former Astronomer Royal, has said of his lifelong friend astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who died March 14: “Few, if any, of Einstein’s successors have done more to deepen our insights into gravity, space, and time.” His early career in the 1960s was by all accounts an exciting time for physics at Cambridge. It was the decade when … [Read more...] about Stephen Hawking, RIP
Archives for March 20, 2018
Bp. Victoria Matthews to Resign
After almost 10 tumultuous years at the helm of the Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand, Bishop Victoria Matthews has announced her plan to resign on May 1. “This beautiful diocese has been through many challenges brought about by earthquakes, wind, fire, and floods,” she said in a special edition of Christchurch’s Anglican e-Life newsletter. “But through it all, people … [Read more...] about Bp. Victoria Matthews to Resign