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040 _aAcharya Institutes
041 _aeng
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_bHAW
100 1 _aHawking, Stephen,
_d1942-2018.
245 1 0 _aBrief answers to the big questions /​
_cStephen Hawking ; [foreword: Eddie Redmayne ; an introduction: Kip Thorne ; afterword: Lucy Hawking].
260 _bJohn Murray,
_c2018.
_aLondon :
300 _axxiii, 232 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aWhy 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?
520 _aOffers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity.
650 7 _aScience
650 7 _aPhilosophy and science
650 7 _aScience -- Philosophy
653 _aInquiry (Theory of knowledge)
653 _aScience - Miscellanea
700 1 _aRedmayne, Eddie,
_d1982-, (writer of foreword.)
700 1 _aThorne, Kip S, (writer of introduction.)
700 1 _aHawking, Lucy, (writer of afterword.)
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