The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

中文名：: 宇宙的起源与归宿：听霍金讲万物之理

作者：: 史蒂芬·霍金 Stephen Hawking

类型：: 物理

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添加日期：: 2009-11-20

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宇宙的起源与归宿：听霍金讲万物之理(The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe)简介：: With a title inspired as much by Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series as Einstein, The Theory of Everything delivers almost as much as it promises. Transcribed from Stephen Hawking's Cambridge Lectures, the slim volume may not present a single theory unifying gravity with the other fundamental forces, but it does carefully explain the state of late 20th-century physics with the great scientist's characteristic humility and charm. Explicitly shunning math, Hawking explains the fruits of 100 years of heavy thinking with metaphors that are simple but never condescending--he compares the settling of the newborn universe into symmetry to the formation of ice crystals in a glass of water, for example. While he explores his own work (especially when speaking about black holes), he also discusses the important milestones achieved by others like Richard Feynman. Though occasionally an impenetrably obscure phrase does slip by, the reader will find the bulk of the text enlightening and engaging. The material, from the nature of time to the possibility that the universe has no beginning or end, is rich and deep and inevitably ignites metaphysical thinking. After all, Hawking is famous for his "we would know the mind of God" remark, which ends the final lecture herein. 　　本书是斯蒂芬·霍金在英国剑轿大学所作的七场讲学，包含了他毕生钻石宇宙学的精华，精辟扼要。即使略具基本科学知识者，读了这七讲，对宇宙创世的奇妙壮丽，也能一窥梗概。
　　这些演讲不仅闪耀着霍金智慧的光环，而且体现出他特有的机智。谈到花费了他十几年时间的黑洞研究时，他说道：“这似乎有点像在煤窖里寻找在只黑猫。”霍金从人类认识宇宙的历史谈起，从亚罩士多德确认地球是一个圆球，到哈勃发现宇宙正处于膨胀之中，其问经历了两千多年。以此作为起点，他探究了现代物理学的诸多领域，包括宇宙的起源(即大爆炸)、黑洞的性质，以及时空等理论。最后，霍金提出了现代物理学尚未解决的若干问题，特别是如何把所有的局部性理论结合成一种“统一的万物之理”他断言：“如果我们找到了这一问题的答案，那将会是人类理性的终极胜利。”
　　在本书中，霍会就宇宙以及我们在宇宙中的地位问题，向读者展现了一次引人入胜的探索式旅行。对任何曾仰望过夜空，并想知道那里曾经发生过什么，以及如何演变为如今状态的人来说，本书无疑值得一读。