Brief Answers to the Big Questions

the final book from Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

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John Murray
10 March 2020

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

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'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty' GUARDIAN

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.

A percentage of all royalties will go to charity.

By: Stephen Hawking
Imprint: John Murray
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 222g
ISBN: 9781473695993
ISBN 10: 1473695996
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 10 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of C ambridge for thirty years and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universes, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design and Black Holes: The BBC Reith Lectures. He died on 14 March, 2018.

Reviews for Brief Answers to the Big Questions: the final book from Stephen Hawking

A beautiful book from a brilliant mind - Daily Telegraph Almost everything in Brief Answers is effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty - Guardian The best, most mind-bending sort of physics: black holes, time travel, the origins of the universe - The Times It is that ultra-distinctive voice (modest, profound, sometimes very funny) that knits this book together - Sunday Times