He was a colleague of famed physicists Edward Teller, Lev Landau and Fritz London, and initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium.

Albert Einstein or C.S. Lewis One was a celebrated author, the other a famed physicist.

He entered the 40th Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with his project on artificial intelligence (nicknamed 'Isaac' after the famed English physicist whom Patrick admired), finishing as individual runner-up.

Another writer on the show, Larry Doyle, knew a relative of Dr. Hawking and had been told that the famed physicist was a "Simpsons" fan.

One was a celebrated author, the other a famed physicist.