Hawking
If you want to rank contemporary physicists, I believe that the top name must be Hawking.
On the basis of quantum mechanics and relativity, Hawking further proved the singularity theorem of general relativity and the black hole area theorem, and proposed the black hole evaporation theory and the hawking universe model of the boundless boundary.
Many say that after Einstein, Hawking was the greatest physicist.
However, this great man had a strangling defect, and at the age of 21, he unfortunately suffered from muscular atrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as frostbite.
As his condition continued to deteriorate, Hawking had only three fingers on his body that could move, so he was confined to a wheelchair for half a century, so how did he have three healthy children?
01 Early life of a genius
January 8, 1942 was the death day of the famous Italian astronomer Galileo Galileo, three hundred years after his death, and on this day, Oxford, England, also welcomed a talented little boy Hawking.
His father and mother, both graduates of Oxford University, were experts in tropical diseases, while his mother's academic research was mainly philosophical and political.
Although he has such excellent genes, Hawking did not show much talent beyond ordinary people when he was a child. He was extremely naughty, especially good at sabotage, and often made the house a miasma.
However, his parents rarely blamed him, and their good academic cultivation made them much more enlightened than the average parent, and they knew how to respect the nature of a child.
Gradually, his parents discovered that Hawking was not just destroying, he could use the dismantled electrical parts to piece together complex toys, and he enjoyed it.
His talents are slowly revealing, and his parents are deliberately guiding Hawking to explore more possibilities in himself, and they often drive hawking around in a dilapidated used car.
With the growth of age, Hawking can be described as a fish in reading, and under the influence and leadership of his parents, Hawking has developed a humorous and optimistic personality.
He maintained a strong curiosity and curiosity about the things around him, never gave up in the face of difficulties, and at the age of 17, Hawking, with excellent grades, was successfully admitted to his parents' alma mater, Oxford University.
Hawking spent only a short time pursuing a first-class honours degree in self-taught science, then moved to Cambridge University to study cosmology, earning a Doctorate from Cambridge University at the age of 23.
But during this time, an unusual thing happened to Hawking's body.
Hawking accidentally fell while outing, and he was keenly aware that there seemed to be something wrong with his body's balance system.
Hawking immediately went to the hospital, and after diagnosis, he was told that he had muscular dystrophic lateral sclerosis, Hawking's illness could not be cured, could not be reversed, and he would slowly become a "gradually frozen person".
With a prosperous age, profound academic accomplishment, and the wisdom brain that countless ordinary people envy, Hawking has had a smooth life for more than twenty years, and has grown up in the praise of others.
But fate is so cruel, it has deprived Hawking of his precious physical health, and it seems that he is looking forward to the fall of a genius.
The doctor also issued a "critical illness notice" to Hawking, saying that he may only have two years to live, and Hawking was naturally shocked, depressed, and distressed, but he refused to bow his head like this.
He looked up at the starry sky that he had been thinking about all day, and he could always feel a kind of calling in the darkness, where there were many secrets waiting for him to be solved.
02 The advent of love and happiness
Perhaps affected by his mentality, Hawking's condition did not deteriorate as sharply as the doctors predicted, and his physical muscles were slowly atrophiing, but after two years he could still move normally.
From this change, Hawking understood the preciousness of life even more, although he did not know when he would say goodbye to the world, but every minute left was of great significance to him.
Hawking threw himself into scientific research, obsessively wandering through the universe that had existed for hundreds of millions of years.
At this time, a girl named Jane also entered Hawking's life, hawking's tenacity, tenacity, persistence and other qualities are deeply touched Jane, and Hawking is also moved by Jane's beauty and generosity.
The two are implicated by the red line of fate, but Hawking does not forget that he is still surrounded by illness, he tells Jane of his illness and respects any decisions she makes.
Jane could hardly believe that such a cheerful and excellent boy in front of her was actually being eroded by the disease a little, and she couldn't imagine what her lover would become in the future.
But she couldn't suppress her feelings, even if she needed to face a lot of unknown suffering, but at this time she only wanted to be able to spend more time with Hawking.
Jane confessed her true heart to Hawking, and they could finally hug each other without scruples, hawking later said that the girl had changed her life, and she gave him the greatest motivation to live.
Most people only see Hawking's optimistic and cheerful side, because it is a good protective color for him, but in the deepest part of his heart, Hawking is still afraid of death.
He could not express this sadness, and perhaps only when he devoted himself to research could he forget the passage of time.
Jane's arrival allowed Hawking to face his physical condition more calmly, even if life is limited, but being able to face it with his beloved may be a not so bad thing.
The next year Hawking and Jane entered the palace of marriage together, and they exchanged vows to each other in a solemn and elegant atmosphere.
Life after marriage was very happy at the beginning, and when Hawking was conducting scientific research, Jane was the most powerful shield behind him.
At this time, Hawking's body did not need to rely too much on Jane's care, he was able to move like most people, and it was not long before they had the first crystallization of love, and they named their eldest son Robert.
Their daughter and younger son were born in 1970 and 1979 respectively, and the arrival of new life is certainly happy, but it also means that Hawking's physical condition is deteriorating.
Hawking family
After the birth of his last child, Hawking could not live without a wheelchair, and he also lost his language ability and could only rely on tools to communicate with his family.
Therefore, in the memory of the youngest son, Timothy, his father did not talk to him much, but in the warm company, he could still feel his father's delicate love.
When his brothers and sisters were still very young, Hawking would also try to find time to play with them, teach them the simplest principles of technology, and he hoped that many years later, the children would remember their voices.
03 Bumpy and long journey of life
Hawking, who has only three fingers and two eyes on his body, has lost the ability to take care of himself, and he needs to feed Jane bite by bite.
The three children in the family are very small, and the burden of life is all on Jane's body, she is also a high-achieving student who graduated from Oxford University, but now she is almost overwhelmed by life.
In Jane's recollection, their eldest son was very sensible, and by the time she was ten years old, she had learned to help her take care of her father.
But Jane felt a deep sadness from it, she did not think that this was the childhood life that a child should have, under the shackles of love and responsibility, Jane could only suppress the idea of giving up as much as possible, hoping that everything would be better in the future.
With the help of technology, Hawking continues to push forward his research, and he is increasingly recognized in the physics community, even if he is a disabled person in a wheelchair, but everyone needs to look up to his achievements.
A Brief History of Time's place in the scientific and literary worlds is hardly shaken by anyone else, and he is frequently invited to lecture around the world.
These achievements can undoubtedly bring hawking spiritual comfort, but the negative effects of fame are gradually revealed.
The living space he and his wife and children are constantly being squeezed out, and the pervasive cameras have seriously violated their privacy, all of which makes Jane feel bitter.
The 25-year-long marriage was in crisis, and the internal and external contradictions of the family came together, and in the end they chose to end the marriage peacefully.
Jane later came along with Jones, a musician she had previously met at church, while Hawking married Elaine, a caregiver who took care of him, in 1995.
Jane and Jones have lived near Hawking's house since they got married, and they often have dinner on weekends, and although the love has worn out, there is still a family relationship between them.
However, Elaine did not seem to be a qualified caregiver, and other caregivers sometimes found large and small scars on Hawking's body, apparently artificially created, and on several severe occasions, Hawking's wrist was directly broken.
We don't know exactly what drove Elaine to abuse Hawking, and the police intervened in the investigation and eventually ended, after Hawking's second marriage ended in 2005.
For the rest of the day, with the exception of three children, it was Jane and Jones who had been taking care of Hawking, and when she talked about her marriage, Jane thought it was a success.
Because the young self poured all his feelings and efforts into running it, and they raised three healthy and excellent children.
epilogue
Life is short and long, and the unpredictable future, while sometimes unsettling, also breeds dazzling hope.
From Hawking's extraordinary life, we can see that the good and evil in the world are intertwined, confused and determined in confrontation, and pain is not an inevitable condition for achieving greatness, but it can make us more respectful of the brilliant fruits left by Hawking.
Hawking once said that don't always look at your feet, but look up at the starry sky, there is a future we pursue, and there is also the power to tolerate all imperfections.
Although everyone has laughed at themselves for living for their own sake, they are not willing to easily let the flame in their hearts be extinguished, which accompanies us through the cold winter and waits for the spring wind, and will eventually send us to the other side of the light.