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As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of complicated models that I could control. It was a natural next step to want to know how the universe works.

Stephen Hawking
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"Q & A: Stephen Hawking and daughter Lucy". Today interview, www.today.com. November 2, 2007.
As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of complicated models that I could control. It was a natural next step to want to know how the universe works.