Stephen Hawking arrives late to a seminar and submits his complex physics calculations on the back of old train timetables. His professor, initially dismissive, is stunned to realize that Stephen has successfully solved nearly all of the incredibly difficult problems that baffled his peers.
SCIAMA: John, this so illegible I'm not quite sure how wrong it is--I suspect very--and Brian... that's just--baffling.
STEPHEN: Sorry.
SCIAMA: Stephen, glad you could join us. Train timetables? Stephen, these are totally unacceptable--they expired a month ago.
STEPHEN: Sorry. It's on the back. Had
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