Scientists’ wives

Melba 2022-03-20 09:01:12

The 2014 "Theory of Everything" is not so much a feature film about Hawking, but rather a female film showing Hawking's wife. Of course, many people will feel disgusted by saying that women are the foil in such movies. Even if they praise women, they are also placed in the position of women.

Of course there is such a problem. But I still want to say that as a man in reality, after watching such a movie, the only thing I can do is to sigh the greatness of women, and this kind of moving and sigh comes from my love for family and love. The identification of the core position in human society. In reality, when the celebrity harlequins staged marriage changes and derailments one by one, making first-class people no longer believe in love, only the wives of scientists can give us a little confidence in love.

Hawking’s wife married him even after learning of Hawking’s illness, and then took care of him for almost her entire life. She gave birth to and raised three children for him. If it weren’t for everyone’s well-known Hawking, I’m afraid this is a story. It is difficult for modern people to feel true, and we Chinese even have to wonder if this is a story that happened in feudal society. But the real situation is so-not so realistic.

In "Beautiful Mind", Nash's wife also played the role of an important genius guardian (the same can be thought of in reality). If there is no such wife, Nash would not have survived to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.

The guardianship of scientists may initially come from love, but as time goes by, such care may be more from family affection and even morality. But no matter where it comes from, these are the duties of the high-ranking people in human civilized society. Of course, it is precisely because of the high level, so scarce, so it is worthy of praise and praise.

But this kind of praise is not a pedantic ethical solidification. An advancement in modern society lies in respecting everyone's values ​​and feelings. Therefore, when Hawking's wife fell into family trivialities in pain and couldn't take care of her own happiness, she made a huge sacrifice. Although this sacrifice is great, it is not necessary. And this is why she was blessed by everyone when she divorced Hawking.

Similarly, Nash's wife was helpless after her husband was admitted to a mental hospital and divorced. These choices are worthy of respect.

All in all, to be able to receive such blessings, even if these two scientists are seriously ill, they cannot be comforted or even happy. Fortunately, even when we are old, these first partners can still be around. Nash's wife later remarried with him, and Hawking's wife is often with him now.

In these two movies and real life, it is women who make the whole event happen and continue. We really can't imagine what the scientists would be like without them. Compared with the performance of women, whether it is Hawking's later choice or Nash's abandonment of illegitimate children before, in addition to explaining the problem of male animals, it also reflects the pitifulness and respect of female animals from the side.

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The Theory of Everything quotes

  • Doctor: It's called motor neuron disease. It's a progressive neurological disorder that destroys the cells in the brain that control essential muscle activity, such as speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing. The signals that muscles must receive in order to move are disrupted. The result is gradual muscle decay. Wasting away. Eventually, the ability to control voluntary movement is lost. Entirely. I'm afraid average life expectancy is two years. There's nothing I can do for you.

    Stephen Hawking: What about the brain?

    Doctor: The brain isn't affected. Your thoughts won't change, it's... just that... Well, eventually, no one will know what they are.

  • Khalatnikov: [to a room full of physicists] As you know, my field is evolution of the hot universe, the properties of the microwave background radiation and the theory of black holes. To be honest, I came here today expecting to hear a lot of nonsense. I go home disappointed. The little one here has done it! He has done it!