The Grand Design
By: Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
When and how did the
universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the
apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent
creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another
explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book, Stephen
Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific
thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in
nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity.
According
to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or
history. The authors explain that we ourselves are the product of
quantum fluctuations in the early universe, and show how quantum theory
predicts the “multiverse”—the idea that ours is just one of many
universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with
different laws of nature. They conclude with a riveting assessment of
M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing our universe that is
currently the only viable candidate for a “theory of everything”:
the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, which, if confirmed,
would represent the ultimate triumph of human reason.
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