霍金70大寿时，因为病情，他不能出席剑桥为他举办的庆生会。但是霍金先生通过一段录制好的语音跟大家分享了自己的生日。这位被誉为“在世的最伟大的科学家”早年就被病魔缠身，但是他坚忍不拔的精神和坚持思考研究的精神状态成就了一个伟大的科学家！在他的庆生演讲中，他呼吁大家"to look up at stars" and “be curious about universe”。

    在《新科学》杂志对霍金先生的生日访谈中，当被问及中最多的时间都是在思考什么的时候，于2006年与第二任妻子离婚的霍金先生答道：“女人，她们完全是一个难解的迷！”不管是在工作还是在生活上，霍金先生总是有自己的见解，也许对我们而言，真正的“迷”不是女人们，而是这位身残志坚的伟大的科学家。

British scientist Stephen Hawking celebrated his 70th birthday Sunday, an age many experts never expected the motor neurone disease sufferer to reach.

When Hawking was diagnosed with the debilitating condition aged 21, he was given only a few years to live.

But despite spending most of his life in a wheelchair and able to speak only through a computer, the theoretical physicist's quest for the secrets of the universe has made him arguably the most famous scientist in the world.

"I'm sure my disability has a bearing on why I'm well known," he once said. "People are fascinated by the contrast between my very limited physical powers, and the vast nature of the universe I deal with."

To mark his birthday, Hawking was to make a speech to friends and colleagues and host a symposium on "the state of the universe" at Cambridge University, where he has worked for decades.

In an interview with the New Scientist magazine marking his birthday, Hawking - who divorced his second wife in 2006 - was asked what he thought about most during the day, and replied: "Women. They are a complete mystery."