Hawking pays tribute to Armenian teacher who inspired his early stepsMarch 9, 2016 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Scientist Stephen Hawking has paid tribute to the teacher who inspired his early steps into scholarship, BBC News reports. He says Dikran Tahta at St Albans School opened his eyes to maths, which he describes as the "blueprint of the universe." "My handwriting was bad, and I could be lazy. Many teachers were boring. Not Mr Tahta," said the physicist. Prof Hawking was speaking ahead of this weekend's award of the Global Teacher Prize. The award-winning scientist has recorded a video commending his teacher, who died in 2006, BBC says. "His classes were lively and exciting. Everything could be debated. Together we built my first computer, it was made with electro-mechanical switches," said Prof Hawking. "Thanks to Mr Tahta, I became a professor of mathematics at Cambridge, a position once held by Isaac Newton." Prof Hawking said that "behind every exceptional person, there is an exceptional teacher." His video message comes ahead of the announcement of the winner of the Global Teacher Prize, with a prize of $1 million. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. |