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Stephen Hawking to visit Israel

Updated: 07/Dec/2006 18:28

“I am looking forward to coming out to Israel and the Palestinian territories and excited about meeting both Israeli and Palestinian scientists,” said British scientist Stephen Hawking

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JERUSALEM (EJP)--- Multi award winning British scientist Stephen Hawking is due to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority controlled areas later this week.

Hawking found fame with his 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which attempts to explain a range of subjects including black holes to the big bang.

In his week-long visit Hawking will speak at universities in both the West Bank and Israel including Bir Zeit University in Ramallah and Tel Aviv university

In an event organised by the British Council of Israel, Professor Hawking will meet young scientists at the Jerusalem Science museum
And he will give a guest lecture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on “The Origin of the Universe”.
The visit is intended to promote Britain as the international partner of choice in science and technology collaboration.

This will be Professor Hawking’s fourth visit to Israel. In 1988, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics by then-Israeli President Chaim Herzog at a special ceremony at Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.

Speaking from his Cambridge office, Hawking said: “I am looking forward to coming out to Israel and the Palestinian territories and excited about meeting both Israeli and Palestinian scientists.”

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