01738cam a2200361 i 4500999001700000001001100017003000600028005001700034008004100051020001800092035002200110040000800132050002000140082001200160100004900172245014100221250002400362264003800386300004800424336002100472337002500493338002300518500002000541505036000561520012600921650003201047700005501079700005001134700004601184907001601230942001401246952011601260  c26019d260191055766066OCoLC20190502002248.0181005s2018    nyua          001 0 eng d  a9781984819192  a(OCoLC)1055766066  cnmt14aQ173b.H38 201804a5002231 aHawking, Stephen,d1942-2018,eauthor.9844810aBrief answers to the big questions /cStephen Hawking ; [foreword, Eddie Redmayne ; introduction, Kip Thorne ; afterword, Lucy Hawking].  aFirst U.S. edition. 1aNew York :bBantam Books,c[2018]  axxiii, 230 pages :billustrations ;c21 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.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?  aOffers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity. 0aSciencevMiscellanea.984491 aRedmayne, Eddie,d1982-ewriter of foreword.984501 aThorne, Kip S.ewriter of introduction.984511 aHawking, Lucyewriter of afterword.98452  a.b155614897  2ddccBOOK  2ddc4070aABELJbABELJcNFd2018-11-07g25.00l3m1o500 HAWKp38206r2019-06-12s2019-05-22w2018-11-07yBOOK