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. The release of energy outside a black hole’s event horizon is this man’s namesake “radiation.” For 10 points, name this English physicist who famously wrote A Brief History of Time. ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yrwin Batan | MIT | Brandeis | 85 | 10 |
| James McCurley | Harvard B | BU | 94 | 10 |
| Matthew Siff | Yale A | Tufts | 95 | 10 |
| Iyanu Nafiu | Yale B | Harvard A | 100 | -5 |
| Max Neal | Harvard A | Yale B | 116 | 10 |