Stephen Hawking - PI DAY! - Beware the Ides of March
Pi day, also known as March 14th of every single year. Hallelujah! My favourite mathematical day of the annum. I was so excited, I'd bought my Chicken and mushroom pie the day beforehand to make sure I was ready for my own celebrations, ready for Einstein's birthday and for the Ides of March (March 15th). Caesar was my favourite GCSE English book to study, the ides of March being the fated day that Caesar told "Beware the ides of March". Nothing a friendly Caesar salad dressing bottle can't add humour to. I was shocked to have gotten a text from my parents reading only "Professor Hawking has just died". Instant sadness. Prof. Hawking was one great man that my secondary school holds its greatest claim of fame to. He'd attended our school for 2 years and lived in the town. However, it was always rumoured that he didn't much like his experience. Nevertheless we had our Sixth Form Science Lectures named in his honour, and ...