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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

Stephen Hawking

  • 182 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1993
  • 15 editions
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1 About this book

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.

Good for readers who want: science, philosophy, and a true life story.

  • Science
  • Philosophy
  • Biography
  • Black holes
  • Physicists, biography
  • Science, philosophy
  • Great britain, biography
  • Cosmology

2 About Stephen Hawking

1942–2018

Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world. Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of physicians.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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