God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book。

　　In "The Grand Design," co-authored with US physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says a new series of theories made a creator of the universe redundant, according to the Times newspaper which published extracts on Thursday。

　　"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking writes。

　　"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going."

　　Hawking, 68, who won global recognition with his 1988 book "A Brief History of Time," an account of the origins of the universe, is renowned for his work on black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity。

　　Since 1974, the scientist has worked on marrying the two cornerstones of modern physics -- Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which concerns gravity and large-scale phenomena, and quantum theory, which covers subatomic particles。

　　His latest comments suggest he has broken away from previous views he has expressed on religion. Previously, he wrote that the laws of physics meant it was simply not necessary to believe that God had intervened in the Big Bang。

　　He wrote in A Brief History ... "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for then we should know the mind of God."

　　Hawking, who is only able to speak through a computer-generated voice synthesizer, has a neuro muscular dystrophy that has progressed over the years and left him almost completely paralyzed。

　　He began suffering the disease in his early 20s but went on to establish himself as one of the world's leading scientific authorities, and has also made guest appearances in "Star Trek" and the cartoons "Futurama" and "The Simpsons."

　　“The Grand Design” is due to go on sale next week。

　　英國(guó)著名理論物理學(xué)家史蒂芬?霍金在新書(shū)中稱，上帝并沒(méi)有創(chuàng)造宇宙，宇宙大爆炸理論是物理定律的必然結(jié)果。

　　在《泰晤士報(bào)》周四刊登的《大設(shè)計(jì)》的摘選片段中，霍金稱新創(chuàng)立的一套理論認(rèn)為宇宙造物主是多余的?！洞笤O(shè)計(jì)》是霍金和美國(guó)物理學(xué)家里奧納德?曼羅迪諾共同撰寫(xiě)的。

　　霍金寫(xiě)道：“因?yàn)槿f(wàn)有引力等定律，宇宙可以并會(huì)從無(wú)到有，自發(fā)形成。自發(fā)創(chuàng)造可以解釋宇宙中并非無(wú)物存在、為什么宇宙存在以及為什么我們存在?！?/p>

　　“沒(méi)必要請(qǐng)上帝來(lái)點(diǎn)燃藍(lán)色導(dǎo)火紙，讓宇宙誕生。”

　　68歲的霍金憑借他1988年出版的《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》一書(shū)在全球聲名鵲起?！稌r(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》講述了宇宙的起源，該書(shū)以霍金在黑洞理論、宇宙學(xué)和量子引力方面的研究而著稱。

　　自1974年以來(lái)，這位科學(xué)家一直致力于結(jié)合現(xiàn)在物理學(xué)的兩大基石——阿爾伯特?愛(ài)因斯坦的廣義相對(duì)論和量子論。廣義相對(duì)論涉及萬(wàn)有引力和宏觀現(xiàn)象，量子論研究的是次原子粒子。

　　他最新的評(píng)論表明他已經(jīng)和他先前在宗教上表達(dá)的觀點(diǎn)決裂。先前，他寫(xiě)道，物理定律意味著沒(méi)必要相信上帝介入了宇宙大爆炸。

　　他在《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》中寫(xiě)道：“如果我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一套完整的理論，這將會(huì)是人類(lèi)理性的終極勝利——因?yàn)槲覀儗⒘私馍系鄣乃枷搿！?/p>

　　霍金只能借助電腦語(yǔ)音合成器來(lái)講話，他患有神經(jīng)性肌肉萎縮癥，并且癥狀逐年加重，直至幾乎完全癱瘓。

　　他從20出頭時(shí)就患上了這一疾病，但是依然使自己成為全球的頂尖科學(xué)權(quán)威人士，并客串過(guò)電影《星際迷航》和卡通片《飛出個(gè)未來(lái)》和《辛普森一家》。

　　《大設(shè)計(jì)》預(yù)計(jì)于下周上市。