Minha Breve História

by Stephen W. Hawking

Stephen Hawking conquistou leitores de todo o mundo com best-sellers que explicam os mistérios do universo. Agora, pela primeira vez, um dos mais brilhantes cosmologistas de nossos tempos volta o olhar para sua própria história de vida e evolução intelectual.

Minha breve história conta a improvável trajetória de Hawking, desde a infância na Londres do pós-guerra até o reconhecimento científico internacional. Com fotos pessoais, raramente publicadas, este relato conciso e divertido — o primeiro escrito inteiramente pelo autor, sem a ajuda de terceiros, desde Uma breve história do tempo — apresenta o leitor a um Hawking quase nunca vislumbrado nos livros o estudante curioso que foi apelidado de Einstein; o brincalhão que já apostou com um colega sobre a existência de um buraco negro; e o jovem marido e pai lutando para alcançar prestígio no mundo da física e da cosmologia.

Com simplicidade e bom humor, Hawking discorre sobre os desafios que precisou enfrentar após o diagnóstico de esclerose lateral amiotrófica aos 21 anos. Ao contar sobre o desenvolvimento de sua carreira, ele explica que a ideia de uma morte prematura o instou a se dedicar com mais afinco às descobertas intelectuais e fala sobre a origem de sua obra-prima, Uma breve história do tempo, um dos livros mais importantes do século XX.

Perspicaz, íntimo e inteligente, Minha breve história abre uma janela para o universo pessoal de Hawking.

“Stephen Hawking tem um cérebro invejável, que o permite ver e entender coisas inalcançáveis para a maioria de nós. E ainda possui uma modéstia admirável.”Daily Mail

“Em um livro comovente, Hawking nos fala diretamente a partir do buraco negro de sua condição física, sem a ampliação e a elaboração fornecidas pelos coautores com os quais ele escreveu seus últimos livros.”Financial Times

“As palavras de um homem que, diante da perspectiva de uma morte prematura, fez muito com a vida.”The Guardian

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Science, Memoir, Autobiography, Physics, Biography Memoir

126 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 10, 2013

About the author

Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.
Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of physicians. In October 1959, at the age of 17, he began his university education at University College, Oxford, where he received a first-class BA degree in physics. In October 1962, he began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where, in March 1966, he obtained his PhD degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specialising in general relativity and cosmology. In 1963, at age 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradually, over decades, paralysed him. After the loss of his speech, he communicated through a speech-generating device initially through use of a handheld switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle.
Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Initially, Hawking radiation was controversial. By the late 1970s, and following the publication of further research, the discovery was widely accepted as a major breakthrough in theoretical physics. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discussed his theories and cosmology in general. His book A Brief History of Time appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2002, Hawking was ranked number 25 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He died in 2018 at the age of 76, having lived more than 50 years following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease.

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel like a terrible person giving this book two stars... I'm sure Mr. Hawking has far more important things to do, think about, and write about than himself... and it shows in the book. One wonders why he bothered or why he didn't hire a biographer to write a more concise story instead of making it a slim-volume autobiography. I'm sure, given the speed at which he works, this was still an impressive achievement, but as far as an informative biography of a fascinating person, it fails to achieve depth or really deliver very much actual information. In that it descends into brief recaps of some of his scientific theories is also a bit of a problem - sure, these are things he worked on but with only the briefest historical context and, given the amount of space provided, it's not well explained or diagrammed, unlike in his science books focused on his work (all of which are very good).

Again, I feel like I should give him a break under his circumstance, but as he says at the end, disabled people should concentrate on what they do well... and Hawking can think and write very well. But maybe he can't - or more likely doesn't care to - go into enough depth to make a more interesting biography. That leaves the book what it is.

[BookHunter M ُH َM َD · Rating 4 out of 5]

“قال أحدهم ذات مرة إن العلماء والعاهرات يتلقون أجورهم مقابل القيام بما يستمتعون به.”

‎“في سن الحادية والعشرين. قيل له إنه لن يعيش أكثر من سنتين. حين شُخّصت حالته بمرض التصلب الجانبى الضموري. أو مرض لو جيرِج. وهو مرض تنكسي متدرج يهاجم الجهاز العصبي المركزي.”

“كان إدراكي أنني مصاب بمرض لا شفاء منه. ومن المرجح أنه سيقتلني في غضون بضع سنوات قليلة بمثابة صدمة. كيف يمكن أن يحدث لي شيء كهذا؟ لكن أثناء وجودي في المستشفى. كنت قد رأيت طفلًا لا أعرفه يموت بمرض اللوكيميا في الفراش المقابل لي. ولم يكن المنظر جميلًا. كان من الواضح أن ثمة أشخاصًا أسوأ مني حالًا؛ فعلى الأقل. حالتي لم تجعلني أشعر بأنني مريض. ومتى شعرت بأنني أميل للأسف على نفسي. تذكّرت ذلك الصبي.”

“ولفترة من الوقت. كانت الطريقة الوحيدة التي يمكنني التواصل بها هي تهجئة الكلمات حرفًا حرفًا عن طريق رفع حاجبيَّ عندما يشير شخص ما إلى الحرف الصحيح على بطاقة حروف الهجاء. من الصعب جدًا إجراء محادثة بهذه الطريقة. ناهيك عن كتابة بحث علمي. غير أن خبير كمبيوتر في ولاية كاليفورنيا يدعى والت وولتوز سمع عن محنتي وأرسل لي برنامج كمبيوتر قام بتطويره. واسمه «إكوالايزر». أتاح لي البرنامج اختيار الكلمات من سلسلة من قوائم تظهر على الشاشة بالضغط على مفتاح في يدي. وأنا الآن أستخدم برنامجًا آخر من برامجه اسمه وردز بلص. والذي أتحكم به بواسطة جهاز استشعار صغير على نظارتي يستجيب لحركة خدي. وعندما أكون قد كوّنت العبارة التي أريد قولها. يمكنني إرسالها إلى جهاز تأليف الصوت.”

‎“لم تقف إعاقتي حجر عثرة في طريق أبحاثي العلمية؛ بل إنني في الحقيقة. أعتقد بأنها كانت عاملًا مساعدًا لي بطرق عدة: فلم أضطر لإلقاء المحاضرات أو التدريس للطلاب الجامعيين. ولم أضطر إلى الجلوس في لجان مملّة ومستنزفة للوقت. لذا فقد أمكنني تكريس جهدي بالكامل للبحث.”

‎“في عام 1979. اختير ستيفن هوكينغ لأحد المناصب التعليمية الأكثر تميزًا في جامعة كامبريدج. ففي سن السابعة والثلاثين. اختير لكرسي أستاذية الرياضيات. وهو اللقب الذي حمله في القرن السابع عشر السير إسحاق نيوتن. أبو الفيزياء.” و قد قال في تعليق طريف على ذلك: الفرق أن الكرسي لم يكن كهربيا في عهد نيوتن

‎“توفى ستيفن هوكينغ. عالم الفيزياء النظرية العبقري. الذي كانت قدرته على التغلب على مرض موهن مدمّر بمثابة لغز لا يقل غموضًا عن بعض ألغاز الكون ذاته. توفي في عام ٢٠١٨ عن عمر ناهز 76 عامًا.”

‎“أردت أن أعرف كيف يعمل الكون ولماذا. كنت مهتمًا. فوق كل شيء. بالانفجار الكبير والثقوب السود. إنهما يمثلان منشأ الكون ومصيره؛ بداية الزمن ونهايته.”

[Sahar Zakaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

"لقد كان الوقت الذي قضيته في الحياة وفي  إجراء أبحاث الفيزياء النظرية رائعا وجليلا ، ولكم يسعدني أن أكون قد أضفت شيئا إلى فهمنا للكون"

اجل أيها العبقري ستيفين هوكينج لقد أضفت الكثير إلى الكون .. ليس فقط في مجال الفيزياء النظرية ولكن أيضا فى مجال التحدي والإرادة وضرب أصدق مثال إلى أنه لا مستحيل مع الإصرار ..

"نصيحتي للأشخاص المعوقين هي أن يركزوا على الأشياء التي لا تمنعهم إعاقتهم من إتقانها وألا يحزنوا على الأشياء التي تمنعهم الإعاقة من القيام بها"

برغم ما في الكتاب من الصعوبة في إستيعاب بعض الأجزاء والمصطلحات العلمية إلا أنه إجمالا كتاب هام وسيرة حياة ملهمة ..
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[Bogdan Teodorescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very very good. Stephen Hawking's mind an way of writing a book is just genial. And after all he's been through, he still published this. All my respect

[Omar Fadel · Rating 5 out of 5]

In his beautiful autobiography, Stephen Hawking focuses on his academic life details. He didn't mention his family more than when it is necessary like when talking about his childhood or his problems with his motor illness that affected his work.

This book tells the very brief story of Stephen Hawking: his childhood, his youth, the heyday of his career, and the most interesting of all, his process whilst writing his famed A Brief of History. Also, he mentioned his collaboration with Kip Thorne - who is one of the producers of Intersellar, my favorite movie of all-time - on Time Travel in the longest chapter.

Stephen Hawking was a brilliant scientist and a genius theorist, but above all, a strong person who stood against all the odds and misfortunes he faced, and despite his illness, he found a purpose for his life until he became one of the most acclaimed scientists of all-time.

[TAP]

My early work showed that classical general relativity broke down at singularities in the Big Bang and black holes. My later work has shown how quantum theory can predict what happens at the beginning and end of time. It has been a glorious time to be alive and doing research in theoretical physics. I am happy if I have added something to our understanding of the universe.

[Mai M Ibrahim · Rating 3 out of 5]

الكتاب حلو وموجز فعلا لحياة ستيفن ولكن الأجزاء اللي بيشرح فيها اجزاء ف الفيزياء والكون كانت مملة جدا بالنسبة لي لأني مبحبهاش ومش مهتمة بيها وكنت بعملها skip 😅

[Brittany · Rating 3 out of 5]

This makes sense to me. Not the physics, that will never make sense to me. The physics are leagues beyond my comprehension. But, the heavy leaning on physics instead of personal detail does fit perfectly for what I know of Mr. Hawking. Which is not much more than what I knew before going into this book.

Ask a man who dedicated his life to finding the secrets of the universe and the meaning behind our existence to write a story of his life, what do you really expect to get? I was happy for the small tidbits of his personal life he chose to share and I was equally as happy to read of his scientific research. I could easily tell that his work is just as much, if not more, a part of who he considers himself to be.

A truly inspiring man.

[Wanda Pedersen · Rating 3 out of 5]

With the passing of the great cosmologist last week, it seemed fitting to read his autobiography as a way of appreciating the man a bit more. It’s a very compact account of Hawking’s life, hitting the high spots without going into great detail. One of the more charming aspects for me was the inclusion of a fair number of personal photographs, many supplied by Hawking himself and his sister.

Numerous tributes to Hawking last week referred to his sense of humour. Unfortunately, that didn’t really come through to me in this volume. I can also appreciate that he wanted to be known for more than his ALS, but I thought that a little more detail about the disease would have been appropriate. It seemed to me that his family, especially his children, got extremely little page-time. I didn’t require a tell-all or anything too detailed, but knowing how the children turned out and what they chose to do with their lives would have been interesting. I also wonder if they worry that they may have a predisposition to getting ALS themselves.

To be fair, each person gets to be the star of their own autobiography. Hawking concentrates on what he obviously deemed the most important part of his life—his research. Many of the details that I’m interested in, he probably decided were not his to tell.

[Sarah AlObaid · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very straightforward, short recount of Stephen Hawking's life told by himself. It is beyond inspiring and it left me in complete awe for this man but it was not full of sentimental heartfelt chapters describing his endless struggles in life and his battle against his disability. On the contrary, this was mostly facts, facts, facts with the occasional pondering here and there. It was not at all difficult to read and only had scientific-talk when he described his accomplishments and the theories he worked on on cosmology and black holes and the such.
I'm really glad i read this.

[Ajeje Brazov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unica autobiografia scritta da Hawking e breve, come cita il titolo, un po' come ha sempre fatto con i suoi testi di divulgazione scientifica. Divulgazione che l'autore ha sempre voluto rivolgere al più ampio pubblico e non solo tra gli accademici ed editori ristretti degli intellettuali, professori e scienziati. Anzi, proprio per questo, con il suo primo, più famoso ed apprezzato libro: "Dal big bang ai buchi neri. Breve storia del tempo", Hawking lo ha proposto ad un editore popolare e non specifico su testi scientifici, proprio per far arrivare, i suoi studi ed la sua passione per la scoperta della cosmologia e quindi della ricerca dell'origine dell'universo, che di conseguenza è la ricerca della vita stessa, più o meno a tutti, perchè tutti noi abbiamo curiosità sull'origine della vita, no?
Corredata da foto, questa breve autobiografia, è il coronamento di una delle menti più straordinarie degli ultimi tempi!

[Alice · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing wrong with this, but it didn't offer up a whole lot I didn't already know, so it felt a little meh for me.

[Akash · Rating 4 out of 5]

আমার কাছে স্টিফেন হকিং শুধু একজন বিজ্ঞানী নয়, বরং মহাবিশ্বের একজন কবি। যিনি হৃদয় দিয়ে মহাবিশ্বকে উপলব্ধি করেছেন। এই মহান স্রষ্টার কাছে বিজ্ঞান আর পৃথিবী ঋণী।

দেহের অনেক সীমাবদ্ধতা থাকতে পারে তবে মনের সীমা অসীম। আর আজ যা কল্পনা করা হয় তা হয়তো ভবিষ্যতে বাস্তবায়িত হবে। জ্ঞান আর কল্পনা দুজন একে অপরের সখা। স্টিফেন হকিংয়ের জীবন তাই প্রমাণ করে।

"When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realize that life is worth living and that there are lots of things you want to do”.

Theory of Everything হয়তো একদিন আবিষ্কৃত হবে যার মাধ্যমে আমরা মহাবিশ্ব আর ঈশ্বরের মন বুঝতে পারব। এই প্রচেষ্টায় আলবার্ট আইনস্টাইন, ম্যাক্স প্ল্যাঙ্ক, স্টিফেন হকিং'রা আমাদের আদর্শ।

[Phuongvu · Rating 5 out of 5]

quyển sách này khá mỏng, được chính tác giả viết với phong cách rất bình thản. cuộc đời của Stephen Hawking thật sự là vĩ đại.
một quyển sách tạo động lực mặc dù cách viết thì chỉ muốn kể về lược sử của tác giả. nhẹ nhàng, ngắn gọn cho những độc giả biết thêm về ông.
từ gia đình, hôn nhân, sự nghiệp và quan trọng là nói về chủ đề mà suốt cuộc đời tác giả theo đuổi: vũ trụ. để cho những người ngoại đạo ko biết gì về thiên văn học hay vũ trụ hiểu mang máng thôi.
một thế giới diệu kì.
khi thấy mình thật là bé nhỏ, chỉ là hạt bụi bé xíu lơ lửng trong vũ trụ và thiên hà này.
một con người vô cùng đáng khâm phục, chứng minh được rằng ko gì là ko thể. ông đã sống thật trọn vẹn khi gần như từ bỏ mọi kì vọng từ năm 21 tuổi vì bị bệnh teo cơ. ông đã sống một cuộc đời hạnh phúc với tình yêu thương và niềm đam mê vật lý và với mong mỏi mọi người có thể biết nhiều hơn về vũ trụ. vũ trụ đến từ đâu?...
tuyệt vời lắm ý. thức dậy từ 4h sáng chỉ để đọc tiếp phần còn dở dang từ hôm qua.

[Esraa Gibreen · Rating 4 out of 5]

على الرغم إنه كتاب سيرة ذاتية إلا إن هوكنج مُصر يتكلم عن الثقوب السوداء ونشأة الكون والمادة وإمكانية السفر بالزمن إلخ..
ولكنه يُعرِّفنا على جوانب حياة هوكنج، أكثر شيء أدهشني إنه أعلى دراسة أكاديمية تلقاها في الرياضيات كانت في الثانوية ورغم ذلك شغل كرسي أستاذية الرياضيات في كامبريدج الذي شغله قبله نيوتن.

[Javier Santaolalla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es un gusto siempre leer una biografía, pero mejor aún si el retrato cuenta con la riqueza de la propia visión del personaje retratado, vamos, una autobiografía.
En un libro corto, fácil de leer, que nos lleva por los que son según Stephen, los momentos más importantes de su vida.

[Fern A · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this. You can tell he is a scientist as he gets down to the facts and doesn’t waste any words but somehow I found, for biographies, that kind of works really well. It’s also far from a dry read as Hawking’s humour appears throughout the book. Very interesting.

[Haleh · Rating 4 out of 5]

جالب، تأمل برانگیز و خوب بود، فقط خب فصل‌هایی که خیلی تخصصی می‌شد در حد فهم یه آدم معمولی مثل من نیست. و به نظرم اینهمه جزئیات تخصصی نمی‌تونه جزو زندگی نامه باشه

[Candleflame23 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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نظراً لأن الجميع هنا يعرف من هو ستيفن هوكينغ فلا حاجة للحديث عن سيرته الذاتية المفصلة كما جاء في الكتاب ولكن
سأقف على مالفت نظري منها وهي قصة ظهور كتاب هوكينغ
الأشهر على الإطلاق " تاريخ موجز للزمان " فالتحديات التي
واجهها هوكينغ خلال تلك المرحلة كثيرة كفيلة بصرف النظر
عن المشروع بأكمله لولا وجود تلك الرغبة والعزيمة التي دفعت
هوكينغ للمضي قدماً نحو تقديم المادة وعرضها ورغم هذا كله
كانت الردود على الكتاب في بداية نشره تركز على إعاقة كاتبه
أكثر من تركيزها على العمل وهذا ما أثار حفيظة هوكينغ
وأزعجه.

في الجزء الأخير من الكتاب نستمع لمقتطفات من لقاءات
هوكينغ السابقة انتقيت لكم منها هذه الاقتباسات مرر الشاشة
لسماعها .


ماذا بعد القراءة ؟

لا شيء يقف في طريق الهمة العالية والطموح .

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موفق رابط لمحاضرة الأستاذ محمد شاهين " التاعب "
على اليوتيوب بعنوان : موقف ستيفن هوكنغ من وجود
الله ، أنصح بمشاهدتها .

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[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stephen Hawking, one of the most famous physicists and researchers in cosmology in the world, tells the story of his life in this book. Did you know that he is self learned when it comes to maths? Or that he wasn't happy when his little sister was born? This book includes information that shows the man behind the success.

What made him interested in science and so successful? As a young boy, he was fascinated by systems and wanted to control them. He used to take apart items to see how they worked, but couldn't set them back. Theory has always been his field, not the practical part. But solving the greatest mystery of all, the system of the universe, was a way of controlling it, he thought. That became his subject.

His family was not rich with a lot of possibilities. They had to think about money. He spended several summer holidays in a wagon previously owned by roamers. His father built bunks with stretchers from the second world war. His father came from a poor family and was very economical, refusing to turn on the central heat, and instead putting on several layers of clothes. He also seems to have been a very determined person. He was a doctor and his research was focused on tropical illness and meant a lot of traveling. During his time in India he refused to eat Indian food and hired a former chef in the brittich army that cooked english food.

Stephen Hawking is fascinating. He is self learned when it comes to mathematics. He is a math professor, but has no formal education in mathematics after his time at St. Albans where he read some maths as a seventeen year old. How could anyone be able to learn such complicated math by himself? He later tutored students at Cambridge and made sure to be one week ahead of the syllabus.

He got scholarship and began at Oxford after St. Albans, as a seventeen year old, and the others in his class had done military service and was much older. The mentality at Oxford is interesting - either you were so talented and intelligent that you didn't have to study, or you should accept your incompetence and get bad grades. If you worked hard to achieve good grades, you were a so called grey man. During his three years at Oxford, Stephen Hawking took a test before staring there, and the final exams before getting his degree. He started as a research student at Cambridge 1962.

When 21 years old, he got the diagnosis ALS and learned that he had two year left to live. Having met Jane Wilde around the same time, he started to work hard for the first time in his life, to get a job and be able to marry her.

The first half of the book is very interesting. Then, something happens in the book. Stephen Hawking leaves the story of his life and delve into the world of time like curves, singularities and black holes, which doesn't fit in a biography, but perhaps another book. When he wrote A brief history of time the publisher made him simplify some of the content so a regular reader would understand it, before it was published. Then he wrote A briefer history of time, which of course demands concentration but is understandable and very interesting. What's not understandable is this transition from biography to facts about time travel. But probably physics are a part of him and he is a part of physics.

Except that, the book is written straight forward, without much digressions. Stephen Hawking uses a matter of fact-tone. He is not much for shape and dramaturgy, but tells the story straight out, and that makes the book somewhat uneven. It contains much about his achievements and conferences around the world, which is fine, but it would have been interesting to learn more about him, his family and his struggle with life. He got two more years, but is still alive today, and continues to captivate a whole world.

[BigJohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm giving this a neutral 3-star rating. From the description of the book, I thought this would be a biographical telling of Stephen Hawking. Perhaps I misunderstood, but his biography probably makes up less than 50% of the entire book, which is quite brief.

It starts out well enough, beginning with his Great-Grandfather, and working up to his own birth during WWII. Then the accelerator is floored, as he zooms through childhood and into his college and post-doc years. From there, it's physics, physics, physics. Or whatever it is he's talking about. I admit I have very little knowledge of physics or the nuances of the varied disciplines that comprise his chosen fields of study. For this reason, I was utterly baffled and consequently bored with the lengthy discussions of background for his various works.

Every once in a while, he'll throw in a humorous bit, which is refreshing, but they are few and far between. At one point, he says, "The doctor told my wife he was sending me home to die. I have since changed doctors." Hawking also reveals small snippets that would be great to expand upon, but he does not. For example, he'll say something like, "This person did that, which I didn't like." But he doesn't go into any further detail about why he didn't like that. This happens on multiple occasions, and left me wanting more of the human side of his biography, and less of the cerebral side.

I've not read A Brief History of Time, and after reading this book, I'm not sure I will. Even though he says that he wrote it specifically for people with little understanding of physics, even the brief points he touched on in his biography were over my head.

So my neutral rating is because I felt that it was insufficient as a biography, but perhaps others would find that it meets their needs for providing more information and background on the pedantic side of Hawking.

Audiobook note: I listened to the audiobook, so unfortunately I did not get to see the photos that are part of the printed version. It was capably narrated by Matthew Brenher. I was joking to myself that it might be read with Hawking's trademark voicebox, and was surprised to find the book indeed starts out with it! For just a few sentences at the beginning of each chapter, Hawking narrates, then Brenher's voice overlays Hawking, and eventually Hawking's fades out for the rest of the chapter. It was an interesting conceit, but I don't know why they kept doing it for each chapter. The novelty of it wore off pretty quickly.

[Nuruddin Azri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hawking rupa-rupanya tidak berapa senang apabila gambarnya yang menghidap penyakit Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) diletakkan pada kulit bukunya, A Brief History of Time yang dikarang beliau pada usia 40 tahun.

Hawking pada asalnya dibesarkan dalam keluarga yang sederhana. Ayahnya merupakan seorang doktor. Tetapi minat Hawking terhadap matematik dan astronomi membuatkan beliau menceburi dengan lebih mendalam dalam bidang astronomi.

Hawking hidup berpindah-randah dari UK ke Amerika Syarikat mengikut ibu bapanya. Beliau mula mendapat simptom dan mengetahui beliau mempunyai penyakit otot pada usia 21 tahun.

Apa yang membuatkan Hawking terus kuat meneruskan kehidupan adalah apabila beliau berjumpa pasangan hidupnya yang pertama. Beliau kemudiaannya dikurniakan dua zuriat yang membuatkan beliau cuba untuk memohon menjadi "fellow" di Oxford dan Cambridge.

Banyak penemuan dan kajian yang beliau lakukan sepanjang berada di Oxford dan Cambridge termasuklah menganalisis teori Isaac Newton, teori relativiti Albert Einstein sehinggalah kepada teori Richard Feynman, Max Planck dan Oppenheimer.

Menurut Hawking, teori relativiti Einstein merupakan satu teori umum kewujudan alam manakala teori Big Bang, lohong hitam dan teori kuantum yang Hawking teroka pula merupakan teori spesifik kepada asal-usul kewujudan alam semesta. Perbahasan mengenai masa dan ruang yang boleh dilentur merupakan wacana yang diberi tumpuan oleh Hawking.

Penyakit ALS yang dihidapi Hawking pada hakikatnya merupakan satu kes yang terpencil kerana Hawking mampu hidup dalam jangka hayat yang lama. Penyakitnya bertambah parah sedikit demi sedikit bermula dengan "tracheostomy" yang terpaksa dilakukan akibat beliau sesak nafas dan sering tercekik makanan yang dimakan.

Kemudian, "laryngectomy" pula terpaksa dilakukan kerana simptom yang semakin buruk. Pada saat ini, Hawking sangat berterima kasih kepada individu yang mencipta alat yang membolehkan beliau menulis dan bertutur dengan hanya menggunakan otot-otot pada muka. Maka, minat dan bakat beliau dalam pengkajian dapat diteruskan dan tidaklah terbunuh begitu sahaja.

Pada akhir hayat yang memerlukan pantauan pegawai kesihatan inilah, Hawking berkahwin pula dengan jururawat yang menjaga beliau dan dikurniakan seorang anak.

Walaupun Hawking menghidap penyakit yang mengehadkan pergerakan beliau, Hawking tetap berpuas hati dengan kehidupannya secara keseluruhan kerana minat beliau dalam pengkajian astronomi tidak terjejas malahan beliau dapat mengembara ke serata dunia sama ada China, Rusia dan Jepun beberapa kali atas kapasiti menyampaikan syarahan berkenaan astronomi yang diminatinya.

Kupasan mendalam mengenai teori yang disusun oleh Hawking boleh dibaca dalam A Brief History of Time, The Grand Design dan Brief Answers to the Big Questions.

[Tăng Yến · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dù tiêu đề cuốn sách là Lược sử đời tôi thế nhưng xen kẽ một nửa quyển sách là về những giai đoạn và thành quả nghiên cứu của ông về vũ trụ, các lý thuyết khá là khó nhằn về thời gian ảo, vùng chân trời sự kiện, sóng hấp dẫn, không-thời gian, sự bức xạ của lỗ đen... Mặc dù phải công nhận là gần như cuộc đời của ông là dành cho nghiên cứu khoa học thế nhưng với cái trí nhớ não cá vàng, không dành cho lý thuyết tính toán cao siêu như tôi thì cũng chịu chẳng thể nhớ, hay đúng hơn là hiểu, nỗi những gì ông đã viết. Chưa kể đến hơn hai tuần chạy deadline sấp mặt không động vào trang sách nào thì kết quả hiển nhiên là tôi quên sạch sành sanh.
Recommended các bạn xem phim nếu muốn biết về cuộc đời của ông vì phim theo mạch thời gian, đồng thời cũng có nhiều chi tiết hơn so với lời kể của chính ông. Hơn nữa, trong phim chỉ có vài đoạn lồng kiến thức vũ trụ vào và dù bạn không hiểu thì nó cũng sẽ lướt qua nhanh thôi.
Còn bạn nào muốn tìm hiểu về lỗ đen, về vũ trụ thì nên đọc cuốn Lược sử thời gian của ông. Cuốn đó ông giải thích kỹ hơn và dễ hiểu hơn về các thuyết của vũ trụ vì cơ bản là cuốn sách dài hơn nên có nhiều trang để giải thích hơn.

Đúng như lời kết của ông ở cuối cuốn sách, ông không cho những khiếm khuyết trên cơ thể ông là trở ngại cho đam mê và nhiệt huyết của mình mà coi đó như là một điểm mạnh, tạo cho ông một lợi thế khi không phải tốn thời gian cho những giờ thuyết giảng như các giáo sư khác. Ông làm tốt những gì khả năng cho phép ông làm và không tiếc nuối những gì ông không thể làm. Cũng như việc ông không muốn nhà xuất bản in tấm ảnh ông ngồi trên xe lăn in trên cuốn sách của ông và việc các nhà xuất bản viết những lời đề về một nhà khoa học khuyết tật thiên tài để câu hút độc giả.
Vậy nên trên cơ sở một người review đánh giá sách khách quan thì quyển sách này chỉ được ba sao vì ông đã không thực sự viết được một cuốn tiểu sử đầy đủ thông tin của chính mình.

[Haniye_Mirkamali · Rating 3 out of 5]

اتمام..
۱۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۰
ساعت ۱۳:۰۰

[مُحمَّد | ١٤٢٠ هِـ · Rating 5 out of 5]

البروفيسور العبقري، الفيزيائي الاستثنائي، صاحب روح العزيمة والاصرار، مثالٌ يُضرب به في مُقاومة المرض وفي سبيل العلم وفهمُ الكونِ؛ إنه بلا أدنى شك (ستيفين هوكينغ).
عالِم مِنْ عُلماء الفيزياء النظرية وعلم الكونيات، لمْ ينقطع عن التفكير والبحث في الكون إلى نهاية عمرهِ؛ رغم كونهِ مُصاب بمرضٍ خطير جدًا اسمه "التصلُّب الضموري الجانبي" والذي يدمر الجهاز العصبي وخلايا الجسم ويُصبها بالتشنجِ والتصّلب؛ رغم تحذير الأطباءِ له بأنّ حياته سوف تمتد إلى سنتينِ فقط، ولكن "هوكينغ" آمن بنفسه ولمْ يؤمن بذلك الكلام واستمر وعاش معاناته مع هذا المرض -عفاكم الله- حوالي 50 عامًا؛ شي عظيم، ومُفرح حقيقةً، فقد أعطى غيره مِنَ الأشخاصِ الصبرُ والاصرار والعزيمة والاستمرار في الحياة وعدم فقد الأمل ومواجهة الحياة بكلِّ ما تملك.
عاش "هوكينغ" حياة بائسة جدًا بسبب هذا المرض، فقد أفقده حتى النّطقِِ حتى كاد يفقد أمله في الحياة كما قالَ: (ما جدوى أنْ أتمسك بالحياة وقد فقدتُ صوتي).
ولكنه عاد بروح الاصرار مرة أخرى، واستطاع أنْ يتواصل مع غيره مِنَ الأشخاصِ عنْ طريق جهاز كومبيوتر مؤلف للصوتِ؛ وبهذا العملية رغم كونها مُستفزة وبطيئة ولكنها ساعدته في تأليف الأبحاث ونشر الكتبِ والتواصل مع غيرهِ مِنَ الجنس البشري.
درس "هوكينغ" الفيزياء في جامعة أكسفورد، وحصل على مرتبة الشرف بأمتياز؛ ليتم تكملة دراسته في جامعة كامبريدج، وحصل على العديد مِنَ الأوسمة والألقاب وأهمها "جائزة فيزياء النظرية" والتي تقدر ب "3ميليون دولار أميركي".
كذلك حصل على لقب "كرسي أستاذية الرياضيات" في جامعة كامبريدج، وهو اللقب الذي كان عليه في القرن السابع عشر (السير - إسحاق نيوتن / أبو الفيزياء).
علمًا، أني شرعتُ في قراءة هذه السيرة الذاتية للفيزيائي "ستيفين هوكينغ" في ذكرى وفاته الثانية؛ والتي كانت بتاريخ 14 - مارس؛ وأنهيته اليوم، رغم كونه كتاب صغير لا يقل عن 135 صفحة، ولكن الخط كان صغيرًا مما لمْ أستطعْ قراءة صفحاتٍ كُثر في يومٍ، وذلك لضعف البصر، وآلام العيون.
كتاب مُمتاز جدًا، صياغته أتتْ وي كأنَّ "هوكينغ" نفسه يُخاطبكَ، وكذلك الصورة لعبتْ دورٌ هام في جمال الكتاب.
كذلك المُلحقات في نهاية الكتاب تُعتبر معلوماتٍ موجزة للكتاب كُلهِ، وهي عبارة عنْ عدة لقاءات مع "ستيفين هوكينغ" في 2003، 2015، 2017.
كذلك أشكر المُترجم على دقة الترجمة، ومُراعاته للأخطاء النحوية والإملائية؛ كوني فقط عندي نقد لكلمة "الثقوب السوداء" الموجودة في الكتاب "الثقوب السّود".

واللهُ وليُّ التوفيقِ.❤

[Jose Monarrez · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 concisa y muy clara... que mas se puede pedir de una mente bien estructurada

En lugar de una review esta pretende ser una pequeña reflexión (muy personal) sobre la obra de Hawking, porque siendo sinceros, ¿cómo puedes hacer una review de una autobiografía? el es el único que puede valorar lo que es importante sobre su propia vida.

Al ver la obra de Stephen Hawking, en lo referente a divulgación científica, dos cosas me llaman la atención, la primera es en lo referente al grosor de sus libros. Aun cuando los temas son complejos, sus libros tienden a ser cortos, sobre todo en comparación de otras obras de autores (muy buenos, sea dicho) que abordan los mismos temas. La segunda cosa que me salta a la vista es que sus ideas, tienden a ser muy claras, con pocas analogías, pero estas muy sucintas.

Después de pensarlo un tiempo, a mi parecer estas dos particularidades se deben en mayor medida a su discapacidad, tiene muchísimo tiempo para pensar lo que va a decir, ya que le toma mucho tiempo plasmar sus ideas (presume que ya lo hace más rápido, alrededor de 4 palabras por minuto), por lo que sus ideas, después de ser analizadas, tienen que ser plasmadas con la mayor economía de lenguaje, procurando no hacerse bolas en las mismas ideas.

Como última reflexión de esto, concluyo que el darnos tiempo para pensar las cosas, antes de decirlas y hacerlas, puede traer grandes beneficios, y que es una práctica que, en esta época de evolución rápida y constante en las formas de comunicarnos, (la paciencia) puede ser una virtud que nos falta (a mí en lo personal) explotar.

Biografía muy buena, muy rápida de contar y te ayuda a reflexionar en como los acontecimientos de su vida común, lo llevaron a su evolución en su investigación. no es esencial para entender su obra, pero si al hombre.

[Farhana · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The Theory of Everything" was a romantic drama film. I would summarize it as "the love they felt at that moment was true and opted to part away before things soured too much and scarred whatever was left good!" Or, in other words, both of them felt they would be better off with somebody else.

Hawking wrote this memoir with "as-a-matter-of-fact" tone. So, it might read a little bit dry. And it's also very brief. I wanted to brush away this "factual" tone thinking Stephen isn't quite a writer. But then I recalled Stephen has authored so many papers, articles for popular mass media, and wrote a hugely celebrated cult book "A Brief History of Time". Then why this minimalist attitude in writing?

Uhh, I do not find much standing out in this memoir. It is too much of a record of what he did at various moments in his life. He briefly touches various points in his life. It seems he used to see people as "intellectuals or non-intellectuals" within their social circle. In some places he gave away his emotions but only very briefly. For example, when he was diagnosed first with his disability and he met Jane, then how the prospect of starting a life with her inspired him to progress in his work. Or as his physical condition deteriorated, he thought to himself why did this happen to him.

Stephen briefly mentions his not winning a Noble for any of his work. Now, that he has passed away that wouldn't happen anyway! In the concluding chapter, Stephen tries to reflect and says that he is more/ less content with his life as it turned out despite his disability. Because he focused on what he could still do with his disability and let go of things that disability didn't allow him anymore...

Finally, it goes without saying that Stephen had one of the most beautiful minds of our time!

[Helga Cohen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Brief History was a brief memoir by Hawking. It was written not as a long detailed autobiography but a brief history of his life which included pictures which I liked. It includes a little bit about his parents, childhood, education-preparatory school and college, his marriage, children and his career which detailed his areas of interest in astrophysics. He also detailed a bit about working around his disability.

In this book, I found he had a sense of humor and would make bets with peers about cosmology and always paid his bets. He was married twice but always spoke well of his family as he knew how difficult it was for them to take care of him with his disability. He claimed he pursued theoretical physics because he wasn’t good at math and it was too difficult for him to do experimental work.

This was a good introduction about the life of this brilliant scientist who lived for 56 years with ALS a disability he was only to survive with for a few years. His passion for science and his ambition to achieve success in spite of his disability makes his life inspiring. It could have been a bit longer but when one realizes that he could only write 3 words a minute every chapter is priceless. More adept biographers can write a longer narrative with much more detail.

[Farnoosh Noroozi · Rating 3 out of 5]

[عنوان: تاریخچه‌ی خودم
نویسنده: استیون هاوکینگ
مترجم: رامین رامبد
مشخصات نشر: تهران، مازیار، چاپ اول ۱۳۹۲، ۱۵۰ ص.]

من همیشه یک علاقه‌مند به علم بوده و هستم. خیلی وقت بود که تصمیم گرفتم بغیر از خوندن مجلات علمی و دیدن مستندات علمی، از لذت خوندن کتاب‌های علمی هم (بالاخص کیهان شناسی و نجوم) خودم رو بی‌بهره نذارم. ولی خب به دلیل ترس و غیره پشت گوش انداختم. تا اینکه چشمم به این کتاب خورد… اتوبیوگرافی همیشه یکی از ژانرهای موردعلاقه‌ی من بوده و هست. پس چه بهتر که استارت رو با خوندن خاطرات و چالش‌های یک نابغه علمی و یک جنگجوی زندگی شروع می‌کردم. هرچند که بخاطر دور افتادنم از فیزیک بعضی مفاهیمش رو درست متوجه نشدم و ترجمه هم به نظرم چنان که باید و شاید کمک کنند‌ه و گویا نبود. شاید باید به انگلیسی بخونمش. چرا که طبیعتا در پروسه ترجمه بعضی مفاهیم درست و کامل منتقل نمیشه…
اما در نهایت باید اینو بگم که بعضی از آدم‌ها آمده‌اند تا به درک و فهم ما از گیتی و دنیا (در هر زمینه‌اش) بیفزایند و بروند. و هم‌قرن بودن با چنین افرادی جدا مایه‌ی افتخاره…….

[Franziska · Rating 2 out of 5]

For me it was a nice read. But I would have liked more personal topics, less explanations of physical theories because Mr. Hawking seems to be an interesting and extraordinary human beeing even without his achievements in science, but this book did not deliver this.