<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="ydp9d7404beyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 1/2 to Roger Penrose and 1/4 each to Andrea M. Ghez and Reinhard Genzel for their works on black holes. Penrose is at Oxford in the UK, and the other two are at the University of California, at Los Angeles and Berkeley, respectively.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The announcement of the subject matter of their prize work reminded me of the Christopher Hitchens talk about the awesomeness of black holes, and the accompanying video that was released about it. Here is a link to the video, which is only 4:29 in length. Some readers may recognize and remember the presentation venue.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXEiKPxCSdA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_2622463891">"If you want to be awe inspired.." (Christopher Hitchens)</a></div><div><br></div><div id="ydp5d203f2cenhancr_card_2622463891" class="ydp5d203f2cyahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp5d203f2cymail-preserve-class ydp5d203f2cymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXEiKPxCSdA" data-embed-url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JXEiKPxCSdA?feature=oembed" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXEiKPxCSdA" style="text-decoration-line: none !important; text-decoration-style: solid !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;" class="ydp5d203f2cyahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table class="ydp5d203f2ccard-wrapper ydp5d203f2cyahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table class="ydp5d203f2ccard ydp5d203f2cyahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp5d203f2ccard-primary-image-cell" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; position: relative; border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 175px;" valign="top" height="175" bgcolor="#000000" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/OcFNONLfaAEPxWSJd5hA2w--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JXEiKPxCSdA/hqdefault.jpg.cf.jpg"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:396px;height:175px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/OcFNONLfaAEPxWSJd5hA2w--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JXEiKPxCSdA/hqdefault.jpg.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--><table class="ydp5d203f2ccard-overlay-container-table ydp5d203f2cyahoo-ignore-table" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp5d203f2ccard-overlay-cell" style="background-color: transparent; border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 175px;" valign="top" bgcolor="transparent" background="https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV21/1/enhancr_gradient-400x175.png"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:396px;height:175px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV21/1/enhancr_gradient-400x175.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--><table class="ydp5d203f2cyahoo-ignore-table" style="width: 100%; min-height: 175px;" height="175" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp5d203f2ccard-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top"></td><td class="ydp5d203f2ccard-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top"><div class="ydp5d203f2ccard-share-container"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><table class="ydp5d203f2ccard-info ydp5d203f2cyahoo-ignore-table" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto; position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"><img class="ydp5d203f2ccard-object-1 ydp5d203f2cyahoo-ignore-inline-image ydp5d203f2cymail-preserve-class" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/youtube.png" style="min-width:36px;margin-top:3px" height="36"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp5d203f2ccard-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); max-width: 314px;">"If you want to be awe inspired.." 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