Stephen Hawking - Brief Answers to The Big Questions (2nd Hand Hardback)
Synopsis
The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.
Is there a God?
How did it all begin?
Can we predict the future?
What is inside a black hole?
Is there other intelligent life in the universe?
Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?
How do we shape the future?
Will we survive on Earth?
Should we colonise space?
Is time travel possible?
Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary time and multiple histories took his mind to the furthest reaches of space, Hawking always believed that science could also be used to fix the problems on our planet.
And now, as we face potentially catastrophic changes here on Earth - from climate change to dwindling natural resources to the threat of artificial super-intelligence - Stephen Hawking turns his attention to the most urgent issues for humankind.
Wide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately argued, and infused with his characteristic humour, Brief Answers to The Big Questions, the final book from one of the greatest minds in history, is a personal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
- Condition : Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - Science & Technology
- Published : 2018 (John Murray Publishing - 1st Edition, 10th Printing)
- ISBN : 9781473695986
- SKU : B002802
- PPC : SP600gm
- RRP : £14.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Hawking's gift for vivid scientific storytelling is beautifully employed throughout . . . a beautiful book by a brilliant mind' - Daily Telegraph.
'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty' - The Guardian.
'The best, most mind-bending sort of physics: black holes, time travel, the origins of the universe.' - The Times.
The Author
Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death.
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