Also during his visit here, he visited the
Weizmann Institute and Tel Aviv University and
met representatives of the Israel Academy of
Sciences.
Professor Stephen Hawking visited Israel for an
eight-day visit. The world-famous physicist is
best-selling author of A Brief History of Time.
Professor Hawking met with teenage scientists in
an event organized by the British Council at the
Bloomfield Museum of Science in Jerusalem.
Professor Hawking met Prime Minister Olmert and
gave a public lecture to over 1,000 people at
Hebrew University.