Hawking to attend math congress

　　WORLD-RENOWNED physicist, Stephen Hawking, will give a lecture at Zhejiang University in East China to explain some of his key doctrines next week.Hawking, who is almost totally paralyzed, is in China for the International Congress of Mathematicians 2002 to be held in Beijing from Aug. 20-28.He said Sunday that he didn’t know a great deal about Chinese universities, but he added: “Some of them are world class, or soon will be.”What the scientist found most impressive during his second visit to China was that “there are traffic jams,” while in 1985, “there were bicycles.”The explorer of space-time said he was glad to attend the highest-ranking academic conference, saying it was nice that China was on the list of top meeting places.“I don’t think my disability has had much effect on my scientific work,” he said. He enjoys life and gets great pleasure from music and his family.More than 4,000 mathematicians from around the world are expected to attend next week’s congress to discuss the latest advancements in the field.(Xinhua)