{"id":240,"date":"2018-03-20T18:29:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastdorset.camra.org.uk\/?p=240"},"modified":"2018-03-26T19:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T19:07:30","slug":"stephen-hawking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastdorset.camra.org.uk\/index.php\/2018\/03\/20\/stephen-hawking\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Hawking RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWe are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.\u00a0 But we can understand the Universe.\u00a0 That makes us something very special\u201d.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Physicist and cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who we heard yesterday has sadly died, did not have very much to say about beer in fact his doctor told him at the age of 21 \u201cto lay off the beer\u201d.\u00a0 He seemed to have much bigger fish to fry, like unravelling the mysteries of the Universe and passing on his insight and teaching to the world.\u00a0 We also know that he probably didn\u2019t really have a beer with Homer Simpson\u2026<\/p>\n

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He lived for fifty years longer than doctors thought after he was diagnosed with the incurable disease, ALS or Motor Neurone Disease as it is more commonly known.\u00a0 In the extra time he was \u201cgiven\u201d, he enabled the world to access the secrets that have baffled \u201cman\u201d since time began. Using his in-depth knowledge and profound ability to hypothesise and research to the eighth degree, he encourages us to consider the paradoxical strength and frailty of our ancient and beautiful world.\u00a0 He wanted the world\u2019s population and leaders to think and stop destroying ourselves.\u00a0 While the earth may continue spinning for millennia yet, it is questionable how long life (as we know it) will continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIn his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe—a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people—lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent.\u201d \u00a0(Stephen Hawking, George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt)<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, this weekend why not raise a glass in Tribute to a man who is probably, roughly (by my calculations) one in 178 billion, and here are some suggestions while you\u2019re out and about this weekend:<\/p>\n

Yeovil Ales,\u00a0Star Gazer<\/b>\u00a04% abv: a copper speciality bitter with a late hopping floral bouquet, it is rich & hoppy yet sweet & luscious at the same time!<\/p>\n