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Stephen Hawking, a
world famous British physicist, will write a children's book with his daughter.
Hawking said the book will be "a bit like Harry Potter" but without
the magic. "It explains the wonders of the universe(宇宙)," said Hawking, while he was on a visit to Hong Kong last
week.
Hawking, 64, is
probably the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He is an
expert on black holes. He has put his whole life into digging into the
beginning (and the end) of the universe.
"My goal is
simple," Hawking once said. "It is to completely
understand the universe, why it is and why it is there at all."
Hawking has a bad
illness that stops him from moving or talking. For a period of time, he had no
way to communicate except(除了) by
blinking(眨眼).
Now he sits on a
wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to
control the computer's mouse. He selects(挑选)
his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer(音乐合成器).
"I have had the
disease for most of my life," Hawking once said. "Yet it has not
stopped me from being successful at my work."
Although Hawking is
such a disabled man, he made great achievements(成就).
He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years. This
includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the highest achievement in
theoretical physics(理论物理).
