You and the Universe

 
　　黑洞裡面有什麼？宇宙有多廣大？「我曾經試著回答某些大問題，而現在我需要你一起來回答其他大問題。」改編自知名物理學家史蒂芬．霍金（Stephen Hawking）於地球日的發表的訊息，由霍金的女兒露西創作。霍金鼓勵小讀者「仰望星空，而別俯視地面」，開展對世界的好奇心，勇敢觀察、提問，並提出自己的理論，同時邀請小讀者思考如何為地球盡一份心力，一同打造更美好的未來。

        “I have tried to answer some really big questions.
 
        “But there are other big questions I need you to help answer.”
 
        Join Stephen Hawking as he encourages young readers to pose their own theories to some of our universe’s biggest questions. Questions like:
 
        - How can we take care of each other?
 
        - What is in a black hole?
 
        - What else is out there in our universe?
 
        With gentle prompts to spark conversations with curious minds, You And The Universe challenges young readers to think about the world around them. With answers to each question at the end of the book, this story allows children to pose their own theories about our planet and themselves.
 
        Written by Professor Hawking's daughter, Lucy, and carefully illustrated by Xin Li, You And The Universe is inspired by Professor Hawking's 2018 Earth Day address. Reminding young scientists everywhere to look up and engage with the world around them.
 
        “Urges readers to care for one another and the planet in this buoyant book.” - Publishers Weekly
 
        “A wonderful book to get kids interested in space and yet remember the Earth!” - Reader review
 

Lucy Hawking is a children's writer, the co-creator of non-fiction compendium Unlocking the Universe and the George fiction series, with her father Stephen Hawking. Lucy is a former journalist, having written widely for British newspapers, and she gives regular talks about science and stories to audiences all over the world.

Stephen Hawking was a brilliant theoretical physicist, generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, and Brief Answers to the Big Questions.
He died on 14 March, 2018.

Xin Li (in Chinese: 李莘) is an illustrator and writer. She was born and raised in China and currently lives in Norway with her husband and their daughter. After spending half of her life living in countries outside of her homeland, Xin chose to paint and write, as stories help her to make sense of a world that otherwise is often lost in translation.