Just watched a TV drama by BBC about the life of Stephen Hawking in his early 20's. I have never knew how difficult it was dealing with such illness in his youth and meanwhile having that much of problem, he could manage to stand up to what he believes.
It has been years since I studied physics - especially in astronomy, honestly, I don't remember a thing about the theories they've mentioned in the TV movie. But that's not the point anyway, so it was in the 1963 where science are developing in a very high rate with new theories and believes. What Stephen believes in is that there was a beginning of time that started with a bang - now we call it The Big Bang, which on theother hand there was the professor Fred Hoyle who clearly never accepted that the universe has a beginning. "Nothing changes. Wherever you are in the universe it looks the same, because it stays the same." said Hoyle which of course the idea was denied by Hawking.
Apart from the physics theory of the beginning of time, the life of Stephen Hawking itself in the movie is inspiring. Imagine how devastating it would be to have such an illness that stops the whole function of the body except for the brain, yet Hawking has the urge to finish what he has to say about what he believes. And as for Jane, a strong woman who support the believes of her lover accepted the way Stephen is. It's just wonderful and inspiring.
The main actor, Benedict Cumberbatch, has been my favorite one since I saw him in the TV series from BBC "Sherlock" which of course, he has made a great dramatization of Hawking. At first I thought that Benedict doesn't look like Hawking at all, but he did a great job on acting this character. I'm so in love with him :)
We are very very small, but we are profoundly capable of very very big things - Hawking
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