The lane in sunlight Little St Mary’s Lane — one of my favourite streets in Cambridge. In the early 1970s Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane lived at No. 6 and I would sometimes meet them in the morning, Jane wheeling Stephen in his wheelchair to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics (DAMPT), which was next door to my lab. Initially, I had no idea who he was, or what a significant figure he was — even then. But I found out quickly enough, because some of my friends were students in DAMTP and I would sometimes go there for the morning coffee break and notice that in one corner of the room was this chap in a wheelchair, invariably surrounded by a small group of animated graduate students and post-docs. One of the latter was
2. Pretty much all aviation terminology is derived from seafaring. 'port' 'starboard' 'fairing' etc.
A very good elaboration and an excellent piece of writing can be found in Barry Lopez's essay "Flight". Lopez, a wonderful writer, is sadly missed but a posthumous book coming...
Re: "Souls On Board"
1. I found the post fascinating; thank you!
2. Pretty much all aviation terminology is derived from seafaring. 'port' 'starboard' 'fairing' etc.
A very good elaboration and an excellent piece of writing can be found in Barry Lopez's essay "Flight". Lopez, a wonderful writer, is sadly missed but a posthumous book coming...