Stephen Hawking
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- (1942-2018) a British scientist working in theoretical physics who significantly influenced people's ideas on the origins of the universe. His books on the subject, A Brief History of Time (1988) and The Universe in a Nutshell (2001), have sold millions of copies. He developed motor neurone disease (= a serious disease that affects the muscles and nervous system), which limited his ability to move and speak, so he communicated by means of a special computer that ‘spoke’ for him.“Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.”
(1942-2018)一位从事理论物理学工作的英国科学家,对人们对宇宙起源的看法产生了重大影响。他关于这一主题的著作《时间简史》(1988 年)和《果壳中的宇宙》(2001 年)已售出数百万册。他患有运动神经元疾病(一种影响肌肉和神经系统的严重疾病),这限制了他的移动和说话能力,因此他通过一台为他“说话”的特殊计算机进行交流。我在书中加入的方程式将使销售额减半。”史蒂芬·霍金关于《时间简史》