Physicists warn Britain risks losing the next generation of great minds Professor Stephen Hawking stepped down as the Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University this week. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Without fanfare or ceremony, the most celebrated scientist in the country, , quietly stepped down this week from the most prestigious post in British . Hawking's successor as Lucasian professor of at Cambridge University will be decided by committee this month, but as he moves on,...
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