Stephen Hawking receives prize for his research on galaxies – La Nacion Costa Rica

 Updated May 21, 2016 at 03:48 pm
 

Madrid

The physical British Stephen Hawking received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his discoveries about the origin of galaxies, reported the bank.

Hawking participate live via videoconference in the ceremony the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards on 21 June, you will no longer have to travel to Madrid for health reasons.

therefore, the president of BBVA Francisco Gonzalez moved to the Center of Studies mathematicians at the University of Cambridge to present him personally award, shared with the Russian Viatcheslav Mukhanov.

“professor Hawking represents the values ​​of effort, achievement, creativity and above all , commitment to the advancement of knowledge. his research on the universe and the formation of galaxies have shored cosmology, “said Gonzalez

Hawking expressed satisfaction at sharing the prize with Mukhanov highlighted which is the first time his research on the formation of galaxies recognized.

During their meeting, the President of the BBVA Foundation asked Hawking for his vision on the role of science and technology in today’s society.

“scientists we rely on observational and experimental data. We need more intellectual rigor of this kind in public life to help address global challenges, “replied Hawking.

The most famous scientist in the world has been convinced that large challenges facing humanity “need an answer” and also “a new interested, committed and with a new vision of science generation.”

“How do we feed a growing population, how to provide water and generate renewable energy, how ralentizaremos climate change? “he asked Hawking.

the jury of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences he awarded Hawking and Mukhanov for having discovered that galaxies formed from quantum perturbations in the early universe.

in the early eighties Hawking and Mukhanov, working independently , predicted that the newborn universe, fractions of a second after the expansion started, there was quantum fluctuations that acted as seeds of galaxies.