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3月14日除了是圆周率日（Pi Day），也是美国著名物理学家爱因斯坦（Albert Einstein）的诞辰，巧合地英国物理学家霍金（Stephen Hawking）亦在同一日逝世，终年76岁。
虽然霍金21岁时，证实患上「肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症」（ALS、俗称「渐冻人症」），但无阻他成为21世纪最出色的物理学家之一。霍金对宇宙起源，以及黑洞的研究，激发人类对宇宙的无限想像和好奇。以下为其中10句霍金留给人类的说话：
「人类只是在一颗中等大小星球上的化学败类，在千亿个星系中，围绕着其中一个外围恒星运行。我们微不足道，故无法相信整个宇宙都是为了我们的利益存在，这就好像在说我闭上眼睛就会消失。」
“The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit. That would be like saying that you would disappear if I closed my eyes.”
2.「我们只是一种高级猴子而已，在一个非常普通的小星球上，但我们可以理解宇宙，这使我们非常特别。」
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
3.「在大爆炸之前什么都没有。」
“Nothing was around before the Big Bang.”
4.「第一，记住抬头看星而不是低头看你的脚；第二，不要放弃工作，工作令你有意义和目的，如果没有它，人生变得虚空；第三，如果你有幸找到真爱，记住它的存在，不要放弃它。」
“One，remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.Two，never give up work.Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.Three，if you are lucky enough to find love，remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
5.「宇宙其中一个基本原则是没有什么是完美的。完美根本不存在……没有缺陷，我和你都不会存在」
“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect.Perfection simply doesn't exist…..Without imperfection，neither you nor I would exist”
6.「物质能逃出黑洞，甚至通向另一个宇宙。假如你认为自己身处黑洞，请记住，总有路走，别放弃」
“Things can get out of a black hole both on the outside and possibly to another universe.So if you feel you are in a black hole，don't give up–there's a way out.”
7.有内地网民在微博问有关「庄周梦蝶」的故事，庄子是否幻想穿越「虫洞」，如果人类掉进黑洞后再弹出来，是不是会变蝴蝶？霍金则回答：「庄周梦蝶，也许因为他是个热爱自由的人。换做我的话，我也许会梦到宇宙，然后困惑是否宇宙也梦到了我。」
“Zhuangzi dreamt of being a butterfly - perhaps because he was a man who loved freedom.I might dream of the universe and then wonder if the universe dreamt of me.”
8.「这里没有上帝，没有人创造宇宙，没有人指示我们的命运。这使我深刻认识到，可能没有天堂和来世。我们有这一生来欣赏宇宙的宏伟设计，为此我非常感激。」
“I believe the simplest explanation is，there is no God.No one created the universe and no one directs our fate.This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either.We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that，I am extremely grateful.”
9.「令我惊讶的是，我们今天对物理、空间、宇宙、存在哲学、目的和最终目的地等的讨论都不感兴趣。这是一个疯狂的世界，要保持好奇心。」
“It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics，space，the universe and philosophy of our existence，our purpose，our final destination.It’s a crazy world out there.Be curious.”
10.「我的目标很简单，就是要完全明白整个宇宙，它为什么如此，它为何存在。」
“My goal is simple.It is a complete understanding of the universe，why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”
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