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 Posted:   Jun 17, 2016 - 10:20 AM   
 By:   WILLIAMDMCCRUM   (Member)

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/composer-hans-zimmer-wins-hawking-medal-for-interstellar-work-34810530.html

http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/composer-hans-zimmer-wins-hawking-medal-for-interstellar-work-34810528.html


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jun/16/winners-of-inaugural-stephen-hawking-medal-announced-hans-zimmer-jim-al-khalili-particle-fever

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2016 - 11:31 AM   
 By:   Ado   (Member)

I really do not understand the connection between the score and science, so I really do not get the award

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2016 - 1:40 PM   
 By:   MikeP   (Member)

I really do not understand the connection between the score and science, so I really do not get the award


From one of the articles:

“In this special inaugural year of the awards, I have been invited to personally select the awardees,” said Hawking. “The winners have made outstanding contributions in the articulation and portrayal of science to the public, within the three categories of science, art, and film.”

“This is really the first time we are recognising composers and filmmakers for communicating science,” said Garik Israelian, founder and director of the Starmus festival. “It is so interesting how these people appreciate science and how they bring science into music or into visual art and I think we ought to recognise this.”

 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2016 - 1:42 PM   
 By:   Mr. Jack   (Member)

I really do not understand the connection between the score and science, so I really do not get the award

Because his music sounds like Hawking's voicebox. wink

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2016 - 2:04 PM   
 By:   Ado   (Member)

Umm yeah, that is what I thought, no connection at all beyond the most far fetched

There are a lot of real scientists out there who actually deserve recognition.

 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2016 - 2:09 PM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

What's all this I hear about Zimmer winning some big honking medal?

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2016 - 2:10 PM   
 By:   MikeP   (Member)

Umm yeah, that is what I thought, no connection at all beyond the most far fetched

There are a lot of real scientists out there who actually deserve recognition.



Um, then, give out your own awards razz

Hawking personally chose these himself, for very specific reasons. They aren't awards for scientific breakthroughs.

Unusual, yeah, but it seems like a nice idea.

 
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