the Magical Universe
Zhi peng Xu
A Brief History Of Time written by Stephen William Hawking is no doubt among the must-read bibliographies of the contemporary world. But unfortunately, the first time when I read the book, I was only 13 years old and was not equipped with enough knowledge to fully understand the theories introduced by Stephen. I was scared by the words such as Principle of relativity and Quantum mechanics, so after reading a few pages of the book, I put it back to my bookshelf, and had never read that book again. Now I’m already a 18-year-old freshman who have already had a big picture of the whole universe and its principles, I turn to that book again to have a try. To be frank, this time, I still can’t understand the majority of it. I totally can’t understand some basic conceptions introduced, but this time, I have a peek into this magical universe.
Throughout the human history, we human-being have taken great efforts to figure out this question: what is universe? According to the Wikipedia: The Universe is all of space and time and its contents, which includes planets, moons, minor planets, stars, galaxies, the contents of intergalactic space and all matter and energy. Briefly, universe is the system of all space, time and materials. In the book, Stephen roughly introduced our universe and the evolution of various types of celestial bodies, some are small like out solar system while some are large boundless interstellar space, as well as the unknown universe exploration.
From the book, I come to realize that Stephen is a man who is curious about everything. He is determined to hunt down to the essence of the problem. It is scientists’ continuous pursuit that contribute to the development of human civilization, especially the exploration of the outer space, which will never come to an end.This is the tireless spirits that moved me most.
霍金笔下的《宇宙简史》用迷人的表达方式讨论了宇宙的历史和将来、时间和时空的本性、黑洞等令人敬畏的主题，霍金用敏锐的直觉和坚定的推理直接挑战了已被广泛认同的传统量子学、大爆炸理论、甚至爱因斯坦的相对论，在探寻时间和空间核心可望而不可及的秘密这一未竟之业中，它将引导世界各地喜欢仰望星空的人探寻宇宙的秘密。我喜欢这本书，因为我从中学会了一种对待人生的态度。“我们之所以看到宇宙是这个样子，只是因为如果他不是这个样子，我们就不会在这里去观察它。”从书中，我感悟到的是那颗对科学执着严谨的心，那颗对一切充满好奇的心，那颗刨根问底的心。科学家们的不懈追求，为的是人类科学文明的进步，特别是对于外太空的探索，从不曾止步。所以读罢此书，我更感受到的即是这种孜孜不倦的精神。
我们每天都会抬头看蓝天，寂静的夜晚，天空仿佛一面漆黑的画壁，上面画着一颗颗璀璨的星星，每当欣赏到这样的美景，我们难道不会产生疑问吗？我们所生活的家园——地球，仅仅只是无垠宇宙中一个小小的部分，面对宇宙，我们只是一粒粒小小尘埃，不值一提。
读完《宇宙简史》，我被深奥的宇宙知识所吸引，为浩瀚无边的宇宙也感叹！宇宙所带给人们无限的诱惑力，它等着我们去探索，去挖掘更多更多宇宙的谜底！霍金轮椅上的著作《宇宙简史》所不能解释的宇宙的谜语就等着我们以后一代又一代的人去揭开！简练的语言，播撒着浩渺的知识；睿智的语言，体现着博大的智慧。这次的阅读，让我长了知识，增了视野，也让我学会了严谨的态度。这些对于我来说都是无价的至宝，因为他们将成为我得垫脚石，对我以后的发展打下稳固的基矗这一点一点的积累，如繁星般，无边无际地闪耀在知识的夜空中，广袤无垠的漫步在宇宙的思想中。
