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斯蒂芬・威廉姆・霍金被誉为继爱因斯坦之后世界上最着名的学思想家和最杰出的理论物理学家。霍

金的魅力不仅在于他是一个充满传奇色彩的物理天才，也因为他是一个令人折服的生活强者。尽管他的身

体无助地坐在轮椅上，但他的思想却出色地遨游到广袤的时空，解开了宇宙之谜。

StephenWilliamHawkingwasbomon8January19423（00yearsafterthedeathofalileo）inOxford,

England.HisparentshousewasinnorthLondon,butduringthesecondworldwarOxfordasconsideredasa

saferplacetohavebabies.Whenhewaseight,hisfamilymovedtoStAlbans,atownabout20milesnorthof

London.AtelevenStephenwenttoStAlbansSchool,andthenontoUniversityCollege,Oxford,hisfathersold

college.StephenwantedtodoMathematics,althoughhisfatherwouldhavepreferredmedicine.Therewasno

mathematics,sohedidPhysicsinstead.Afterthreeyearsandnotverymuchworkhewasaardedafirstclass

honoursdegreeinNaturalScience.

StephenthenwentontoCambridgetodoresearchincosmology宇（宙学），therebeingnooneworkingin

thatareainOxfordatthetime.Hissupervisor导（师）wasDenisSciama,althoughhehadhopedtogetFredHoyle

whowasworkinginCambridge.AftergaininghisPh.D.hebecamefirstaResearchFellow,andlaterona

ProfessorialFellowatonvilleandCaiusCollege.AfterleavingtheInstituteofAstronomyin1973Stephencame

totheDepartmentofAppliedMathematicsandTheoreticalPhysics,andsince1979hasheldthepostofLucasian

ProfessorofMathematics.Thechairwasfoundedin