Recreating the moment Hawking met his first wife, Jane. Attending a Cambridge University party illuminated with UV light, he explains why the mens bow-ties glow brighter than the womens white dresses. Its Tide, he says. The washing powder. The fluoresents in the powder are caught by the UV light. When stars are born, and when they die, they emit UV radiation, so if we could see the night sky in the ultraviolet light then all the stars would disappear and wed simply see these spectacular births - and deaths.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:10:05 +0000
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