If you were a young reporter, what would you say in an interview with Hawking? 3 sentences

A skinny man was lying on an electric wheelchair. It takes a lot of effort for him to raise his head. He cannot write. When reading, he must rely on a machine that turns the pages. When reading documents, he must have someone spread each page flat on a large desk, and then he drives the wheelchair as follows. Read page by page like silkworms eating mulberry leaves.

He is Stephen Hawking, known as the greatest living scientist, today's Einstein.

He is such a person who has been confined to a wheelchair for more than 30 years due to illness, but his thinking travels through time and space, pursuing the end of the universe and the secrets of black holes; his keen intuition and firm determination Reasoning directly challenges the widely accepted traditional quantum mechanics, big bang theory and even Einstein's theory of relativity.

His popular science book "A Brief History of Time" is said to have sold 25 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 40 languages.

He said that he is a happy man, got married at the age of 23 and has three children.

How did he do all this, how did he control his own life? It is for this reason that movies about Hawking's life are so popular.

Hawking, a profound scientist, has become a popular idol.

Hawking, who has only three moving fingers on his body, said through one finger, I am very lucky in all aspects

In August 2002, a man who had been in a wheelchair for more than 30 years said An old British man came to China. In the eyes of ordinary Chinese, this 60-year-old man cannot write or speak, and spends most of his life in a wheelchair with his head tilted, which is somewhat pitiful.

Let us take a look at one of his scenes in China -

In a hotel by the West Lake, Hawking put his left hand on his chest, but his right hand was always holding his The buttons on the magical wheelchair must be his motor nerve center. On the display screen placed in front of the wheelchair, you can see characters filling the screen. Do you know how Hawking, who cannot speak, was interviewed by reporters?

As early as more than ten days ago, Hawking had received questions from reporters across the country. At the press conference, it still took him about 1 minute each time he called up an answer.

Because at present, Hawking only has one thumb left on his right hand that can be operated. Hawking "speaks" in this way to express his wisdom and humorous thoughts. For an hour, Hawking answered more than a dozen questions through an emotionless loudspeaker.

It is said that the scene was very quiet, with applause from time to time. I wonder if there were tears flying during this difficult press conference?

A reporter asked him: "Mr. Hawking, do you think you are lucky?" The person who asked the question regretted it as soon as he said it. What is the question?

Guess how Hawking responded: "I am very lucky in all aspects, except for suffering from 'motor neurone disease'. And this disease is not a major blow to me. Suffering from this disease I'm satisfied that it still worked. I'm actually much happier now than I was before I got sick. I can't say it's a blessing, but I'm lucky: it's not worse than expected.

“A 21-year-old Cambridge master’s student suddenly couldn’t tie his shoes. The doctor said, you can only live for two more years."

Hawking, who is sitting in a wheelchair, if he recalls his life before the age of 21, it would be the romance of an Oxford boy:

I was born January 8, 1942, happened to be the same day as the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. However, I estimated that about 200,000 babies were born on the same day. I don't know if any of them later became interested in astronomy. When I was in school, the arrangement of Oxford physics courses made it easy to avoid studying. I once calculated that during my three years at Oxford, I studied for an average of one hour a day. The same attitude of my classmates: a boring mentality, and the feeling that nothing is worth fighting for. The big turning point in my fate happened after I entered Cambridge -

I already had it at that time. degree from Oxford, I went to Cambridge to study the universe with my favorite teacher. One afternoon in the spring of 1962, I found that tying my shoes had become very difficult.

Shortly after my 21st birthday, I went to the hospital for examination. ALS disease? The full name is "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis", and it is also called "motor neuron disease" in the British.

The doctor said: "This is an incurable and fatal disease. You can only live for two more years."

A 21-year-old handsome boy was desperate: "How could I be so unlucky? How could I be like this?" Will the disease happen to me? I estimate that I will not live to complete my doctoral thesis, so it seems that there is no point in doing research. "I was depressed for several months, drinking and listening to sad music. Later, his fate and mood took another turn, and he would joke: "Do you know? My wheelchair ran over the prince's toe."

This is true. Later Hawking was elected as a member of the Royal Society, becoming the youngest member. Prince Charles invited a group of young talents from the society to gather in London. Hawking went and loved to show off by spinning the wheelchair, a move Prince Charles loved. "As a result, when my wheelchair was rotating, it ran over Prince Charles's toes." He said with humor. "I hope the prince's toes are still fine. Many of my close friends have the experience of being run over by my wheelchair." ”

Of course, Hawking has also tried the consequences of "free fall". This master of quantum gravity has fallen out of his wheelchair many times under the weak gravity of the earth, and even suffered injuries. He was seriously injured, but Hawking still stood up.

People who see Hawking like this today would never expect: "Hawking has a very loud and good voice. Although it is not an officer's voice, it is still majestic enough."

His The friend said with emotion: "We can believe that when everything he loved was lost, he not only lived strong, but also lived great. Then what he brought to us was not only scientific wisdom, but also the most valuable human beings. Spirit."

Hawking's two wives: The power of love in the relay

In 2002, Hawking came to China and appeared in front of the Chinese people with his current wife. I don’t know what kind of place he has left for his ex-wife in his wise brain.

“What really changed my life was that I got engaged to a woman named Jane Wald. Now I had a purpose in life. In other words, if I wanted to get married, I had to Have a job," said young Hawking.

In 1965, the 23-year-old Hawking got everything he deserved. In terms of work, I successfully applied for a research scholarship in Cambridge. I have enough money to spend, and I can also marry a wife. In July of this year, he married the woman who changed his destiny. The wedding was held at Trinity Church in Cambridge, and although he was hobbling with the help of a cane, he had a PhD, a devoted and virtuous wife, and new mathematical skills that could be used in cosmology. He still had that arrogant, determined look on his face that said, "I can do anything. Nothing can stop me, not even ALS."

Of course, too. Nothing could stop Hawking from having children, and his family was actually prosperous. Two years later, in 1967, their first son, Robert, was born. In 1970, their daughter Lucy also came; their second son, Timothy, was born. in 1979. Their father, who was in poor health, was starting to become famous.

Recalling the feeling of love is sweet. On New Year's Eve in 1963, he met Walder, a young girl who had a soft spot for him.

His ex-wife recalled:

At the New Year’s party that year, I saw a young man standing in the corner next to the wall, chatting about his cosmology in Cambridge. Research. His stories were told vividly, and he laughed so hard that he almost couldn't breathe when he told jokes. Many of his jokes mocked himself.

Later, my friend asked me: "Have you heard about Hawking's situation? He always staggers when walking and can't tie his shoes. They said he might... only live for two or three years. ..."

I was shocked. It was simply unimaginable that a man only a few years older than me should face the prospect of death!

When I saw him again, he seemed very happy and we watched the show together.

The road to true love is indeed rocky. He may have felt that my presence was adding salt to his wounds. He expressed little and refused to talk about his illness. He concealed his hostility and sense of loss, as if he was deliberately trying to prevent me from further interaction with him. But it was too late. There is no way I can escape. Finally, on a drizzling night in Cambridge, he finally proposed to me in a hesitant whisper - that moment changed our lives.

Faced with someone asking me to learn more about his condition, I replied: "I love Hawking very much, and nothing can stop me from marrying him. I am willing to cook, wash, shop and... Clean up the housework and give up my previous lofty ambitions, because those ambitions now pale in comparison to the challenges before me. "

The harmonious and happy first week of married life was fleeting. One day, he fell ill, and his piercing cough echoed throughout the house until the windows rattled and the cold wind responded to the panicked screams. But I was at a loss.

They stayed together through ups and downs for decades until they divorced peacefully in 1990. By then, Hawking was already a celebrity who was always recognized when walking on the street. Being the wife of a disabled celebrity is not easy.

His ex-wife said: "A nurse named Mason gradually became an important figure in his life, because his professional training enabled him to notice every whim of Hawking. When I received When Hawking wrote a letter saying that he planned to live with Mason, I knew that a life was coming to an end. In May 1990, four months after we divorced, I gave him my blessing for two years. Finally, I have a family again. "

"Nothing can deprive you of the right to love." Hawking, who is 60 years old, said with a finger.

The title of his speech in Beijing was: "The New World of Membranes". Can you understand this profound topic? But many ordinary Chinese people understand Hawking's love story.

A black humor and black hole theory about "A Brief History of Time"

Hawking's trip to China in 2002 made his popular science book "A Brief History of Time" more popular than ever before. China has started a new round of epidemic. Can ordinary readers like you and me understand "A Brief History of Time"? Here’s a bit of humor about A Brief History of Time.

An American businessman was reading Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" with great interest on the plane. An old man sitting next to him said in surprise: "Can you understand this book? I don't understand it."

"You can't understand such an interesting book?" the businessman shouted. So he explained it enthusiastically to the old man.

Finally, when he remembered to ask the speaker about his occupation, the old man humbly replied: "I am an academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences."

Indeed, even academicians of the Academy of Sciences read The book he didn’t understand made Hawking realize the problem. In 2002, Hawking said in China that he would rewrite the book so that even 12-year-old children could understand his time research results. In Western developed countries, this book is on the bookshelf of almost every household.

""A Brief History of Time" is the first scientific book I wrote for the general public. But I later discovered that it does not need to be so complicated, so I am going to change it into a youth version so that everyone can read it. Everyone can read it. This book will probably take another year to see everyone." Hawking said.

If Hawking is famous among the public because of "A Brief History of Time" he completed in 1998; then Hawking's fame in the universe science circle begins with his research on black holes.

In 1962, 20-year-old Hawking chose to study applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge University in order to follow the famous cosmologist Hoyle as a research mentor. However, the school assigned him another famous teacher, Dennis Sciama, an authority in the field of relativistic cosmology.

Studying at Cambridge undoubtedly gave Hawking a high starting point. A year later, he caused a sensation when he boldly questioned Professor Hoyle's theory. In 1965, when he was 23 years old, he published his doctoral thesis on "Singularity Theory Applicable to the Universe."

In 1967, the year his eldest son Robert was born, Hawking began to study the black hole singularity theorem. A few years later, he co-authored "Large-Scale Space-Time Structure", which became a classic in gravitational physics. On March 1, 1974, he published a paper in the authoritative journal "Nature", explaining his new discovery-black holes emit radiation. This discovery is considered the most important development in theoretical physics in many years, and his paper is considered "one of the most profound papers in the history of physics."

The honors come one after another.

In 1974, he was elected as the youngest member of the Royal Society, the oldest academic organization; in 1978, Hawking won the Einstein Award, the world's highest achievement award in theoretical physics; in 1979, at the age of 37, he served as the President of the University of Cambridge Hawking was proud of the position of Lucason Chair Professor, which was a position that Newton had held.

Subsequently, Hawking in a wheelchair and his collaborators proposed the "open inflation" theory, which provided a new explanation for the origin and fate of the universe. From the singularity of the Big Bang to the radiation mechanism of black holes, Professor Hawking, who can only speak with his fingers, has contributed to the development of quantum cosmology.

“Hawking is a British astrophysicist with great genius and perseverance. He used mathematical tools to demonstrate the Big Bang theory of the formation of the universe, making this theory a generally accepted theory on the formation and development of the universe. theory." He gained the reputation of "the most outstanding theoretical physicist in the world after Einstein."

"I find the real universe more fascinating than the movie "Star Wars""

In 2002, Hawking said in China: "I find the real universe more fascinating than the movie "Star Wars." More attractive. ”

He encouraged more outstanding young people in China to make seemingly boring research in theoretical physics and astrophysics their lifelong career. The 60-year-old wise old man said: "I hope young people will take this path. If you want to take this path, I suggest that you first learn theoretical physics. I find physics and cosmology extremely exciting, it is Like planet voyages, bravely heading into unconquered territories. ”

“I can explore black holes in my mind and travel into the farthest reaches of the universe. My advice is, if you want to go into space. Enter physics." It took Hawking a long time to type these words on the spot with his fingers; from a young British man interested in the universe to a scientific superstar known to the world today, Hawking has sacrificed a lot. His outstanding scientific achievements in exploring the universe, time and space, coupled with his perseverance to overcome rare diseases, have also made him one of the most legendary scientists in the world today.

The respect that Hawking has won transcends the community of scholars and transcends national boundaries. Even the Pope knelt down to talk to Hawking.

This is a widely circulated story. The 40-year-old Hawking attended a cosmology conference in a wheelchair. The conference was hosted in the Vatican. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which had different views from the traditional scientific community, hosted this conference. Cosmology Congress. Hawking's cosmological speech is naturally inconsistent with the "cosmology" of religious concepts. One day during the meeting, the pope, who rarely appeared in public, came out to receive guests from various countries. The Pope sat on a high chair, and the guests entered from one side of the platform, knelt down in front of the Pope, exchanged a few words with each other, and then left from the other side of the platform. It was Hawking's turn and he drove the wheelchair onto the platform. This man who had talked about the "infinite cosmology" a few days ago and also proposed that there was no need for a creator to create the universe came face to face with the leader of Christianity. To believers, the pope is God's representative on earth. With everyone watching, the Pope left his seat, knelt down so that his face was level with Hawking's, and the two began talking, which took longer than the others. Finally, the Pope stood up, dusted off his robes, and said goodbye to Hawking with a smile. Hawking's wheelchair slowly drove to the other side of the platform.

His other book "The Universe in a Nutshell" was completed in 2001. In this "companion" to "A Brief History of Time", Hawking quoted a line from Shakespeare's "Hamlet": "Even if I were shut up in a nut shell, I still think I am the king of infinite space."

Hawking’s experience tells ordinary us that what constrains your thinking cannot be a disease, nor can it be someone else. The only possibility is yourself