Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays Hawking, Stephen

By:

Hawking, Stephen

Material type: Text

0553406639

Subject(s):

Cosmology- Science--Philosophy - Great Britain

DDC classification:

530.1 HAW-S

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Book	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	Gift or donation	530.1 HAW-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	GIFT BY DR. PAWAN K. DHAR		DCBG-0020

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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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