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Author Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018, author

Title Brief answers to the big questions / Stephen Hawking ; [foreword: Eddie Redmayne ; an introduction: Kip Thorne ; afterword: Lucy Hawking]
Published London : John Murray, 2018
London : John Murray (Publishers), 2018
©2018

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Description xxiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 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?
Summary Offers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity
Notes Includes index
Subject Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
Philosophy and science.
Science -- Miscellanea.
Science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea.
Author Hawking, Lucy, writer of afterword
Redmayne, Eddie, 1982- writer of foreword
Thorne, Kip S., writer of introduction
LC no. be2018035914
ISBN 9781473695986