Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. He’s a world well-known scientist on space and time. Stephen is researching some very big questions， such as： How did the universe begin？ How will it end？

Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then， at the age of twenty， he became sick. He was so young， but the doctors said to his family， “He has only two more years to live.” As a matter of fact， the doctors were wrong—he didn’t die. He can’t walk now， but he uses a wheelchair （輪椅）. He can’t feed himself and get in or out of bed himself， but he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford， Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later， in 1965， he became a doctor of philosophy （哲學(xué)）.

Because of his serious health problems， it was difficult for him to draw diagrams （圖表） or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking， he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. Then in 1988， he wrote his first important book， A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China， he impressed us with his self-confidence， humorous and witty （風(fēng)趣的） conversation.

史蒂芬·霍金是本世紀(jì)最著名的科學(xué)家之一。他出生于1942年，他關(guān)于時(shí)間和空間的研究為世人所知?；艚鹫谘芯吭S多深邃的問(wèn)題，比如：宇宙是怎樣產(chǎn)生的？它會(huì)怎樣結(jié)束？

霍金曾是牛津大學(xué)的學(xué)生，他研究數(shù)學(xué)和科學(xué)。后來(lái)，當(dāng)他20歲時(shí)，他得了重病。雖然他還如此年輕，但是醫(yī)生們告訴他的家人：“他只能再活兩年了。”事實(shí)證明，醫(yī)生們錯(cuò)了——他沒(méi)有死，現(xiàn)在他雖然不能走路，但他使用輪椅。他不能自己吃飯，或者自己上下床。然而他拒絕屈服于這個(gè)情況，他通過(guò)電腦的幫助進(jìn)行交流談話。牛津大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，霍金去了劍橋大學(xué)。三年之后，在1965年他成為一名哲學(xué)博士。

因?yàn)樗麌?yán)重的健康問(wèn)題，他畫(huà)圖標(biāo)或是寫(xiě)字是很困難的，所以他開(kāi)始用圖片來(lái)思考，通過(guò)這個(gè)新穎的思考方式，他成為了世界上最著名的科學(xué)家之一。在1988年，他寫(xiě)下了他第一本重要的書(shū)：《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》?！稌r(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》被翻譯成33種語(yǔ)言發(fā)行了550多萬(wàn)冊(cè)。他曾被邀請(qǐng)到中國(guó)，他那自信、幽默、風(fēng)趣的談話給我們留下了深刻的印象。

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