The Grand Design

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Bantam Press, 2010 - Astrophysics - 200 pages
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design, the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe is presented in language marked by both brilliance and simplicity. Model dependent realism, the multiverse, the top-down theory of cosmology, and the unified M-theory - all are revealed here.This is the first major work in nearly a decade by one of the world's greatest thinkers. A succinct, startling and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform - and provoke - like no other.

About the author (2010)

STEPHEN HAWKINGheld the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663, for thirty years. Professor Hawking is now Director of Research for the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. He has over a dozen honorary degrees, and was awarded the Companion of Honour in 1989. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the US Natonal Academy of Science. His books include the bestsellingA Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, The Universe in a NutshellandA Briefer History of Time. Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein. He lives in Cambridge.

PhysicistLEONARD MLODINOWhas taught at Cal Tech, written forStar Trek: The Next Generation,and is the author ofEuclid's Window, Feynman's RainbowandSome Time with Feynman.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Grand Design
AuthorsStephen W. Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
Editionillustrated
PublisherBantam Press, 2010
ISBN0593058291, 9780593058299
Length200 pages
  
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