It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
AwardsAlbert Einstein Medal; Wolf Prize In Physics; Copley Medal; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Fundamental Physics Prize; Order Of The Companions Of Honour; Eddington Medal; Dannie Heineman Prize For Mathematical Physics; Gold Medal Of The Royal Astronomical Society; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Naylor Prize And Lectureship; Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture; Hughes Medal; Royal Society Prizes For Science Books; Albert Medal; Franklin Medal; Lilienfeld Prize; Michelson–Morley Award; Fonseca Prize; Pius XI Medal; Maxwell Medal And Prize; Dirac Medal (IOP); Adams Prize; Andrew Gemant Award; The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal; NSS Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award; Princess Of Asturias Award - Concord; Honorary Degree; Doctor Honoris Causa
