Stephen Hawking in Waterloo

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  A custom-bumper-sticker that used to adorn Hawking's car. This was one of the slides Hawking showed in his Waterloo, Ontario address on Sunday. He was welcomed to a new research position in Waterloo at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
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  Hawking gave a standing room only address on June 20 to a room of hundreds of dignitaries, media, and invited guests, as well as a national television and Internet audience.
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  Hawking uses his voice-synthesizer computer to go over his speaking notes just before his first public talk as a researcher in Canada.
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  Hawking speaks in front of a slide highlighting his appearance in an episode of The Simpsons.
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  Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty thanks all the innovators who pushed boundaries, refused to take no for an answer, for being hard-headed, and 'yes, for breaking the rules.'
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  A look at the under-construction Stephen Hawking Centre at Waterloo, Ontario's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
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  A computer-rendered look at the finished Stephen Hawking Centre at Ontario's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
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  A computer rendering of collaborations at the Perimeter Institute. Hawking has often mentioned that he believes Waterloo is the next great place for the world's brightest minds to meet.
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  I 'Heart' Science student video contest winners Parastoo Abtahi of Richmond Hill, on the left, and Allison Carter of Calgary.
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  Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean talks to CTV.ca about Hawking as a pioneer and follow-zero-g enthusiast. Hawking took a zero-g-simulation flight in 2007.
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  Hundreds of dignitaries, media, and invited guests give Hawking a standing ovation after a speech that ended with a slide of the world-renowned physicist on his 2007 a zero-g simulator flight.
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  A close-up of the menu on Stephen Hawking's voice-synthesizer computer screen. Shown here, a selection of words Hawking had the option to insert into his June 20 speech as he went over his notes just before his appearance.
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