WSJ SpeakEasy Blog–Stephen Hawking Criticized in U.K. for Theories About God

The just-released book, co-written by Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinov, has already proven to be controversial in the U.K. Baroness Greenfield, a leading British scientist, attacked Hawking’s theories in a radio interview with the BBC.

“Of course they can make whatever comments they like but when they assume, rather in a Talibanlike way, that they have all the answers, then I do feel uncomfortable,” Baroness Greenfield said.

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