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Steve De Young
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He will definitely go down as one of the greatest minds of our time.  
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Very sad to hear this.  

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Rich Marzullo
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Posted: 13 March 2018 at 10:40pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

A loss for humanity.
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Ray Owens
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Posted: 14 March 2018 at 12:18am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

A great mind has passed.
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Another light has gone out in the universe.  
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Posted: 14 March 2018 at 4:33am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

I read A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME when I was about 19. I'm not scientifically-minded at all, but he made various concepts so accessible to me. As he did with other books. I learnt so much about time, black holes and so much else by reading his works.

And he spoke a lot of sense on wider issues.

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Trevor Smith
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Posted: 14 March 2018 at 4:37am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

I was surprised to read that, in its time, "A Brief
History of Time" was considered by some critics to be
"dense". From my recollections of reading it, I wonder,
how could one *possibly* make the subject any more
approachable and accessible than he managed in that
book?
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Robbie Parry
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Posted: 14 March 2018 at 4:46am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

That critic was wrong.

I am the most non-scientifically minded person you could meet. I found THE SELFISH GENE to be a tough read (but interesting). A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME could not have been more approachable and accessible. 
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Petter Myhr Ness
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Posted: 14 March 2018 at 5:03am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Very sad news! A brilliant mind.
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Joe Zhang
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Posted: 14 March 2018 at 6:54am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Feeling sad about this. 
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Brace now for all those people eager to misinterpret what he said and wrote, in order to "prove" he believed in God.
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Eric Ladd
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He was definitely a great thinker and his passing is a great loss to humanity.
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