Renowned for his views about science, Stephen Hawking also made many comments about God. When he claimed in 2010 that there is no need for God in order to explain where the universe came from, his eminent colleague at Cambridge University, the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, remarked, "I know Stephen Hawking well enough to know that he has read very little philosophy and even less theology, so I don't think we should attach any weight to his views on this topic."