Claim: In 1979, recommended by physicist Qian Linzhao, Zhongchao went to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to study theoretical physics (a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena); then received a doctorate from Cambridge University in 1984.
Evidence: In 1979, recommended by physicist Qian Linzhao, he went to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to study theoretical physics with theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. He received a doctorate from Cambridge University in 1984, and his doctoral thesis was titled "Cosmological models and the inflationary universe".