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Stephen Hawking’s 1988 best seller, A Brief History of Time, sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. It has been translated
Stephen Hawking’s 1988 best seller, A Brief History of Time, sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. It has been translated
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2015-04-10
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Stephen Hawking’s 1988 best seller, A Brief History of Time, sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. It has been translated into 40 languages. Last fall, Hawking returned with a new book aimed at the general public. The Universe in a Nutshell already is zipping up the best-seller lists. Lavishly praised by Time magazine, The Universe in a Nutshell brims with spectacular full-color illustrations. The new book is easier to understand than A Brief History of Time. It highlights Hawking’s famous wit, erudition and writing ability.
Hawking employs his brain to range around those huge theoretical topics that terrify and fascinate laypeople, particularly those who do not attribute the literal creation of the cosmos to God’s hand. Questions such as: Is the universe infinite? What is the nature of time, light, space? What is the Big Bang theory?
Asked whether physics is the most poetic of the sciences, Hawking replies, "Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences. In that sense, it is the most poetic. "
Asked if having three children harmed his own research, Hawking says, "I haven’t felt a conflict between my children and my work. My disability prevented me from the rough and tumble, but I gave them a lot of time and attention. " His russet-haired grandson is featured in full, proud color in The Universe in a Nutshell.
Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at 21. On his Web site, he discusses his disability and reflects on a boy he met at the hospital. "I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia, in the bed opposite me. It had not been a pretty sight. Clearly, there were people who were worse off than me. At least my condition didn’t make me feel sick. Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself, I remember that boy. "
Asked about his mixing hard science and fun details, Hawking says, "I find a few human touches help the science go down. I don’t plan them, they just bubble up. " Hawking occupies the Lucasian chair of applied mathematics and physics at Cambridge University. The chair’s second occupant was Isaac Newton.
In the end, he writes, "I see myself as a scientist trying to uncover the basic laws that govern the universe. If I can encourage others to take an interest in those laws, I’m glad, but that has not been my primary aim. "
The theoretical topics that Hawking is studying terrify and fascinate those who
选项
A、are illiterate about the universe and common sense.
B、do not know how God created space and light.
C、do not believe in God’s creation of the cosmos.
D、attribute the natural creation to the Big Bang theory.
答案
C
解析
霍金正在研究的理论问题使一些人既畏惧又着迷,这些人[A]对宇宙和常识一无所知。[B]不知道上帝如何创造了空间和光。[C]不相信上帝创造了宇宙。[D]将大自然创造归功于“大爆炸”理论。根据题干中的关键词terrify and fascinate those,可以在第二段的第一句话中找到解答本题的信息。原文指出:霍金一直忙于思考理论问题特别让who do not attribute the literal creation of the cosmos to God’s hand(不把宇宙的创造归功于上帝之手)的人畏惧着迷,其中attribute…to…是“把……归功于……”的意思。只有[C]符合原文的论述。[A]、[B]的内容文章没有提到;[D]错在creation和the Big Bang theory没有联系。
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