Question

This scientist is the alphabetically latter of the two who name a proposal that states that a certain wave function satisfies the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. That no-boundary assumption is named after this scientist and James Hartle. The existence of a mathematical construct by Wilhelm Killing is implied by this scientist’s namesake strong rigidity theorem. This man is the alphabetically former of two who name a set of theorems that prove the (*) geodesic completeness of Lorentzian manifolds; those singularity theorems are named after this scientist and Roger Penrose. (10[1])The release of energy outside a black hole’s event (10[1])horizon (10[1])is this man’s namesake “radiation.” (-5[1])For 10 points, name this English physicist who famously wrote A Brief History of Time. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Stephen Hawking [or Stephen William Hawking; accept Hawking radiation; accept Hawking-Bekenstein entropy; accept Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems; accept Hawking’s rigidity theorem; accept Hawking-Hartle wave function]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yrwin BatanMITBrandeis8510
James McCurleyHarvard BBU9410
Matthew SiffYale ATufts9510
Iyanu NafiuYale BHarvard A100-5
Max NealHarvard AYale B11610

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%25%97.50