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It is one of the little ironies of our times that while the layman was being indoctrinated with the stereotype of black holes as the ultimate cookie monsters, the professionals have been swinging round to the almost directly opposing view that black holes, like growing old, are really not so bad when you consider the alternative.
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Werner Israel
Born:
October 4, 1931
Died:
May 18, 2022
(aged 90)
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Werner Israel was a world renowned physicist, author, researcher, and professor at the University of Victoria.
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