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After getting through the first three lines asking him for his name and address, Hawking grew increasingly frustrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawking\u2019s work studying black holes has made him a world renowned academic celebrity, but his brain power was put to the test by the paperwork he was required to fill out in the hospital waiting room. At one point, he put the clipboard aside and spent twenty minutes discovering a new black hole in a distant universe, just to briefly relax his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While going over the forms, Hawking rolled his eyes, and his electronically synthesized voice box cried out in anger, \u201cI don\u2019t understand any of this!\u201d Eventually, Professor Hawking was admitted to a room, where he spent the next three hours trying to figure out the television remote control, and filling out a form for meal requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being released from the hospital Hawking announced his new book, \u201cThe Discover of A New Black Hole: Britain\u2019s Health Care System\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON &#8211; Despite mastering theoretical physics and achieving an unparalleled understanding of quantum gravity, Stephen Hawking was unable to comprehend the forms presented to him before his recent hospital admission. 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