John Wyndham vs. Stephen Hawking
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
John Wyndham
? – 1575
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include The Day of the Triffids (1951), filmed in 1962, and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), which was filmed in 1960 as Village of the Damned, in 1995 under the same title, and again in 2022 in Sky Max under its original title.
"Life isn't very long. You see that plainly when you begin to look at it from the other end. Not time to do very much."
Stephen Hawking
1942 – 2018
Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.
"My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)]"
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