Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
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Includes index.
Childhood -- Oxford and Cambridge -- My experience with ALS -- Public attitudes toward science -- A brief history of A brief history -- My position -- Is the end in sight for theoretical physics? -- Einstein's dream -- The origin of the universe -- The quantum mechanics of black holes -- Black holes and baby universes -- Is everything determined? -- The future of the universe -- Desert Island Discs : an interview.
In thirteen essays and one extended interview Hawking discusses imaginary time, how black holes can give birth to baby universes, and scientists' efforts to find a complete unified theory that would predict everything in the universe.
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PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, ©1993.
Year Published: 1993
Description: ix, 182 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0553095234
9780553095234
SUBJECTS
Hawking, Stephen, -- 1942-
Cosmology.
Science -- Philosophy.
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.