The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic.

Five, four, three Imagination, Dr. Eric Viri, MD PhD, who is with us.

Where are you today?

I mean Denver, Colorado today.

Ah, the Mile High City.

So I thought we'd share some of your very intimate

recollections of the time that you spent

as Dr. Professor Stephen Hawking's doctor and this was this was a very

interesting event that took place over a decade ago and it's a what strikes me is of course we're commemorating the

passing today which is March 14th which is also sometimes known as pie day

for the 3.14 first three digits of the famous irrational

number Pi plays such an important role in physics and mathematics and was so important to the work of Stephen Hawking.

And not only that was also the date that Albert Einstein was born.

And today I'm very interested to share some of these recollections that you had working with him both professionally and your service with him. You actually wrote a scientific paper based on this experience which is a once in a lifetime

experience and I think I'm so tickled by by this because you know of course

Professor Hawking spent so much of his life and professional career thinking about

gravity and the mystery of gravity and really not ever fully comprehending in as known you know perhaps ever will be able to but he got

as close as some say as Albert Einstein who as I mentioned was born on this day more

than a century ago. So he's sort of you know he has has this

reputation for you know for being a larger than life character in many ways.

And I think that reputation in most cases is not deserved,

but in his case it was deserved and more so.

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