The grand design /
by Hawking, Stephen frey50
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Bantam Books, (New York :) , 2010 Physical details: 198 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780553805376 :; 0553805371.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 - 599 | 530.142 Haw (Browse shelf) | Available | 96427 |
Includes index.
The mystery of being -- The rule of law -- What is reality? -- Alternative histories -- The theory of everything -- Choosing our universe -- The apparent miracle -- The grand design.
Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard's Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?-- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories."