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Brief answers to the big questions / Stephen Hawking.
Offers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984819192 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1984819194 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword: Eddie Redmayne -- An introduction: Kip Thorne -- Why we must ask the big questions -- Is there a God? -- How did it all begin? -- Is there other intelligent life in the universe? -- Can we predict the future? -- What is inside a black hole? -- Is time travel possible? -- Will we survive on Earth? -- Should we colonise space? -- Will artificial intelligence outsmart us? -- How do we shape the future? -- Afterword: Lucy Hawking. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | God. Values. Black holes (Astronomy) Time travel. Space colonies. Artificial intelligence. Science. |
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| Albright Memorial Library | 500 HAWKING (Text) | 50686015404242 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | 500 HAWK (Text) | 34455006496984 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
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