Men o‘rta maktabda Stiven Xokingning "Vaqt qisqacha tarixi" kitobini o‘qidim va juda zo‘r deb o‘yladim. Yuqori sinfda uni shaxsan ko‘rish imkoniyatiga ham ega bo‘ldim. U fanni ommalashtirgan olimlardan biri bo‘lib, meni fizika bilan shug‘ullanishga qiziqtirdi va oxir-oqibat bu soha bo‘yicha Garvard universitetidan diplom olishimga sabab bo‘ldi.

I read Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time in middle school and thought it was great. I also got a chance to see him speak in person when I was in high school. He was one of the populizers of science who sparked my interest in studying physics that eventually led to receiving my degree in the subject from Harvard.

Hawking har doim katta imonga ega inson ekanligi bilan ajralib turardi. Lekin bu Xudoga bo‘lgan imon emas edi. U qat’iy ateist edi. U imonini insон aqlining "Hamma narsaning Buyuk Birlashgan Nazariyasi"ni kashf etish qobiliyatiga qo‘ygan edi. Bunday nazariya mavjudmi? Hawking buni qattiq ishongan edi va Eynshteyn hamda boshqa ko‘plab fiziklar kabi, uni kashf etishga hayotini bag‘ishlagan.