Now, this question has an answer. On October 23rd, local time 10/kloc-0, 75-year-old famous physicist Hawking announced that he would upload his doctoral thesis written at the age of 24 in 1966 to the open database of Cambridge University for the public to download and read.
This is the first time Hawking has made his paper public. By publishing the paper, Hawking hopes to stimulate public interest in the space field and share his research results.
This paper entitled "The Nature of Universe Expansion" has 134 pages. In this paper, Hawking challenges the existing theory of gravity with the theory of cosmic expansion. He believes that galaxies cannot be formed by early disturbances. Hawking also provided a model of gravitational radiation and expansion, indicating that the singularity of space-time is "inevitable".
This may sound awkward, but the public is still curious about this legendary master of physics. Cambridge University said that after Hawking decided to announce the download of the paper, the article was downloaded nearly 60,000 times in less than 24 hours. This also caused the server of Cambridge University to be paralyzed for a time. Users who have visited the Cambridge website may find that the website is slower than usual, or even temporarily unable to open it.
"I hope to inspire people all over the world to look up at the stars, not just staring at their own feet. Make them want to know where we are in the universe and try to understand it. Not only my research, but every great exploratory research should be free and unimpeded for anyone anywhere in the world. " Hawking wrote: "Every generation stands on the shoulders of predecessors, just like my young doctoral research in Cambridge, inspired by Newton, Maxwell and Einstein." Hawking explained that the paper was public.
Hawking suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis when he was 2 1 year old. When he finished this paper, he was 24 years old and studying at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Judging from the published papers, his illness had already affected him at that time. You can see his slightly distorted handwriting on the paper: "This paper is my original work."
Cambridge University said that before the paper was published, the public had to go to the library in person or pay 65 pounds (85 dollars) to get a scanned version if they wanted to read Hawking's doctoral thesis completely. Hawking's paper is the "most requested" in his open knowledge base, and they received "hundreds" of requests.
Hawking's public doctoral thesis not only encourages the public to study the starry sky, but also encourages students at Cambridge University. From now on, all graduates of Cambridge University must provide electronic versions of their papers. Hawking's move may give them confidence and let them know that publishing a paper is not as terrible as they thought.