Interment inside Westminster Abbey is a rarely bestowed honor. The most recent burials of scientists there were those of Ernest Rutherford, a pioneer of nuclear physics, in 1937, and of Joseph John Thomson, who discovered electrons, in 1940.
This was the most fitting resting place they could have possibly found for Hawking.
DorkusPrime on June 16th, 2018 at 20:31 UTC »
". . . what was mortal of . . ."
I really love this wording
TooShiftyForYou on June 16th, 2018 at 20:59 UTC »
Interment inside Westminster Abbey is a rarely bestowed honor. The most recent burials of scientists there were those of Ernest Rutherford, a pioneer of nuclear physics, in 1937, and of Joseph John Thomson, who discovered electrons, in 1940.
This was the most fitting resting place they could have possibly found for Hawking.
FolkPunkRenaissance on June 16th, 2018 at 23:19 UTC »
I fully expected Hawking to be the first person to have his body airsealed in a tube and shot into space.
This is nice, too.