If Stephen Hawking has an arch nemesis, it can be no other than Marshall Barnes, R&D Eng. The advanced concept research and development engineer even has a book out proving that, as Time magazine's Michael Lemonick article, link suggests, Hawking is actually more hype than you'd imagine.

"Look, I've said it once and I'll say it again, Stephen Hawking is the most overrated physicist in the history of physics. He's not the greatest mind on the planet, as the Discovery Channel claimed in promoting Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking. He's its most intelligent comedian."

While those words...