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"Chicken or egg first?
Does the universe have a beginning?
If so, what happened before that?
Where did the universe come from and where will it go? "
Stephen Hawking
How far can one's mind go? Where do I come from, where do I want to go, and why am I "me" and not others? What is the universe we live in? Is it marginal? Will it die one day?
Have you ever looked for answers to these questions? I believe many people will answer "yes". When we were children, we were curious about the world, so we always knew the cause of everything. As adults, we forget all this and begin to be satisfied with all kinds of specious results. As a result, the world changed from three dimensions to a plane.
However, the mystery of the universe we live in always lurks in each of us. This is why when Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is published, it will have such a great influence all over the world-it has been translated into nearly 40 different languages with a circulation of tens of millions, that is to say, one in every 500 people in the world has read this scientific work on time and space.
Therefore, when I closed the pages of A Brief History of Time, my heart was almost moved by piety. Stephen Hawking, a great man known as a supernova in the field of human physics in the 20th century, how can I approach your thoughts?
The Chinese translator of A Brief History of Time described the scene of seeing Hawking for the first time like this: the translator heard a very weak electric sound, and then saw a scrawny man reclining in an electric wheelchair. He raised his head with great effort. He can't write. Reading must rely on a page-turning machine. When reading literature, he must spread out every page on a big desk, and then read page by page in a wheelchair like a silkworm eating mulberry leaves. At this time, he was still able to talk to people, although his voice was very faint and vague, and only those who knew him very well could understand it-soon, even he almost lost this right.
It is such a person who is fixed in a wheelchair by Luger's disease, but his mind travels through time and space, pursuing the secrets of the end of the universe and black holes; His keen intuition and firm reasoning directly challenged the widely recognized traditional quantum mechanics, the Big Bang theory and even Einstein's theory of relativity-people can't help wondering how he did all this and how he controlled his life. It is also for this reason that sequels and movies about Hawking's life are popular all over the world.
Stephen Hawking was born in1942,65438+1October 8th. At this time, his hometown London was shrouded in Hitler's indiscriminate bombing. This war maniac runs amok for more power and resources on the earth, and the universe is wider, but it is not his consideration. For this reason, Stephen had to be born in nearby Oxford and cried to the world for the first time.
Stephen and his sister spent their childhood in several small towns near London. Years later, their neighbors recalled that Stephen stood out when he was lying in the cradle pushed by his mother. His head looks very big and unusual-I think it's mostly because Hawking's reputation and achievements are far from ordinary people at the moment, and his neighbors can't help but redraw the image of a gifted child in their memory. In my opinion, there is nothing strange about young Stephen. He was just a handsome boy at that time, but I'm afraid most white children are good-looking in the eyes of orientals, but they are different when they grow up. Young Hawking's appearance is no different from that of the most ordinary Englishman.
However, in this dull and conservative town, the Hawkins really look different. Although Stephen's parents are not rich, they both received formal college education. His father is a doctor who studies tropical diseases, while his mother has engaged in many occupations. As I recall, Hawkins' house was full of books, and the huge living room echoed with Wigner's music. The children can stay for dinner at will-Steven talks to them because he likes talking best, while other members of the family sit at the table and read by themselves. Residents of the small town are sometimes surprised to see the Hawkins driving a shabby second-hand taxi across the street to the outside of the school-at that time, the car had not yet entered the homes of British citizens, but it was even stranger to have a shabby old taxi. However, this strange car did expand the Hawkins' free world, which is very important to them. As for what others think, that's someone else's business.
Stephen was short and thin when he was a child, but if someone tried to bully him for it, he would not hesitate to fight back. Stephen's clothes at school are often messy and there are ink marks on his collar. He likes talking with people and is eager to express his ideas, which makes his sentences ambiguous. His grades are not very good, but all the teachers agree that he is a very clever student.
Stephen is keen to find out the ins and outs of everything, so when he sees a novel thing, he always likes to take it apart and understand the structure of each part-but it is often difficult for him to put it back because his hands and feet are far less flexible than his mind, and even his handwriting is famous in class. Stephen has been obsessed with designing huge and complicated games since he was twelve years old, such as Monopoly and Dynasty-creating a game world and then making laws to rule the world. Steven is very proud that children need to play for hours in a row, and even have to play in stages within a week to end the game. Stephen Hawking believes that the world operates in various rules, and exploring the operating rules of the world later became his lifelong interest and the fulcrum of his life.
Stephen entered Oxford University to study physics when he was seventeen. He is still not a hard-working student, and this attitude is consistent with other students at that time. This is a period of confusion for young people after the war-they are tired of everything and feel that there is nothing worth pursuing. Stephen hangs out with his classmates at school, drinks and joins the rowing club. In the long run, he is likely to become an ordinary employee or teacher. However, the disease appeared.
In his last year at Oxford, Stephen Hawking found his movements more and more clumsy. He fell down the stairs for no reason and almost lost his memory. Finally, the doctor diagnosed him with Luger's disease, that is, motor neurocytopathy, and announced that this young man of 2 1 year may not live long.
Stephen Hawking later said: When you face the possibility of death, you will realize how precious life is and how many things you have not finished. While struggling with the disease, Hawking began to sink into thinking about the world and took a crucial first step towards Einstein's theory of relativity. Of course, more importantly, he met his future wife Jane. In the days that followed, it was she who supported Hawking's tenacious survival and struggle and brought him normal family happiness-to the doctor's surprise, the patient who asserted that his life was dying not only survived, but even had three children of his own.
Hawking once told reporters that he was happier than before he got sick, because he found the value of life and the sense of accomplishment in life, and made a modest but meaningful contribution to human knowledge. He said: "Of course, I am lucky, but anyone who works hard enough can achieve something."
However, Hawking's physical condition is getting worse and worse. He gradually lost his ability to move. In the operation of 1985 caused by pneumonia, he even lost the ability to speak. For a time, his thoughts of flying could only be enclosed in his own brain. Being unable to communicate with others makes him feel that life is worse than death. Fortunately, the development of science and technology finally allowed him to re-express his thoughts with the help of computers and language synthesizers, and even speak in front of everyone.
During this period, Hawking and his wife, who have obtained a doctorate from Cambridge University, fought for the dormitory of the college, "witnessed" the growth of their three children, and pointed out the mistakes in his graduation thesis again and again ... Of course, more importantly, his thoughts wandered in the vast universe-he pointed out that Einstein's general theory of relativity would fail in the so-called "big bang singularity", so he introduced quantum mechanics into the exploration of the birth of the universe, and finally. He pointed out that the "black hole" has actually been emitting "light", but it is extremely weak; He proved the nothingness of God with humor. ...
Despite the growing physical disability, Hawking still tries to live like an ordinary person and accomplish what he can. He's even lively-it sounds a bit funny. After he was completely unable to move, he still insisted on driving a wheelchair with his only movable finger on the way to the office. In a hotel in Moscow, he suggested that everyone come to dance. The figure of his wheelchair spinning in the hall is really a miracle. When meeting Prince Charles, he turned his wheelchair to show off and ran over Prince Charles' toes. Of course, Hawking also tasted the consequences of "freedom" action. The master of quantum gravity has repeatedly fallen from a wheelchair under the weak gravity of the earth, and even suffered serious injuries. Fortunately, however, he stood up tenaciously every time.
Hawking's tenacity is also manifested in his repeated confrontation with scientists all over the world. In many cases, he was finally proved right. As a result, the name Hawking gradually revealed its brilliance in the world of human science: 1975, the Pope stepped down from the altar in the Vatican and awarded Hawking the medal of "Young Scientist with Outstanding Achievements", while his predecessor severely persecuted Bruno and Galileo many years ago; 1985 Hawking was admitted as the youngest academician by the Royal Society, the oldest academic organization on earth. He served as an important teacher of Newton in Cambridge University for many years, and was recognized by the world as the most outstanding theoretical physicist after Einstein, which had a great influence on human concepts in the 20th century.
However, for ordinary people, perhaps it is more important to publish a brief history of time. This book has been on the bestseller list for 100 weeks in a row and is regarded as a miracle in the publishing industry. Perhaps most people who have read it can't really understand its scientific composition, but it undoubtedly rekindles people's curiosity about the mysterious world. Curiosity is the biggest driving force to push human civilization into the future step by step! When we are immersed in thinking about the vast universe, the small troubles in daily life often become insignificant, so we rediscover the ultimate pursuit of life-this pursuit will not die because of the life or death of the cosmic dust "Earth".