填空题 In his 1988 best seller A Brief history of Time, Stephen Hawking made readers wonder: if the universe is expanding, where is it expanding to?
Now Hawking has teamed up his daughter, Lucy 1
Hawking, to write George"s Secret Key to the Universe,
the first in a trilogy of novels directed at the fertile minds of
children. In an interview on e-mail, Hawking explains: 2
"The aim of the book is to encourage children"s sense of
wonder at the universe. We want them to look up outward. 3
Only then will they be able to make the right decisions to
safeguard the future of the human race."
George"s Secret Key to the Universe , aimed 9-to 11-year-olds, 4
tells the story of a young boy, George, and a cheery astrophysicist,
Eric, who talking computer opens a portal to the known 5
universe. The duo don spacesuits and use the portal to search
for planets to which humanity can escape the irreversible 6
warming of the earth. Along the way, George and the reader
learn from the basics of astrophysics and astronomy through 7
illustrations and captioned photographs. "You don"t need
actual secret key to explore the universe," George ultimately 8
discovers. "There"s one that everyone can use. It"s called physics."
The Hawkings portray the universe as harmony and 9
largely benign. But our present know ledge of the universe suggests
that it is, in fact, a desolate and often violent expanse place in 10
which humankind plays an inconsequential role.