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史蒂芬·霍金(1942-),英国理论物理学家,当代最重要的广义相对论家和宇宙论家。霍金小时候成绩并不十分出色,17岁进入牛津大学学习物理,四年后被确诊为患了运动神经细胞病,1974半因病情的最终恶化而丧失了行动能力。然而,霍金凭着顽强的意志和绝顶聪明,在广义相对论和宇宙论等领域作出了诸多举世瞩目的伟大成就:20世纪70年代他与彭罗斯一道证明了著名的奇点定理;后又证明了黑洞的面积定理;1973年,证明了黑洞的辐射效应。由于一系列卓越贡献,霍金被授予了诸多奖项并成为英国皇家科学院有史以来最年轻的院士。霍金被世界公认为继爱因斯坦后最杰出的理论物理学家。20世纪80年代以来他出版的科普著作有: 《时间简史》、《时间简史续编》、《霍金讲演录》等。
Stephen Hawking (1942-), a British theoretical physicist, the foremost general relativist and cosmologist of the present age. Hawking childhood grades are not very good, 17-year-old entered the University of Oxford to study physics, four years later was diagnosed with motor neuron disease, 1974 half due to the final deterioration of the condition and loss of mobility. However, with great tenacity and great intelligence, Hawking made many remarkable achievements in the fields of general theory of relativity and cosmology: In the 1970s, he and Penrose proved the famous singularity theorem. Later, he proved that Black hole area theorem; 1973, proved the black hole radiation effect. Owing to a series of outstanding contributions, Hawking was awarded many awards and became the youngest academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Hawking is recognized by the world as the most outstanding theoretical physicist after Einstein. Since the 1980s, he has published popular science books: “Brief History of Time”, “A Brief History of Time,” “Hawking Speaking Notes.”