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BLACK HOLES AND BABY UNIVERSES
A Bantam Book
PUBLISHING HISTORY
Bantam hardcover edition / October 1993Bantam trade paperback edition / October 1994
“Is the End in Sight for Theoretical Physics?”, an Inaugural Lecture given in the University of Cambridge by Stephen Hawking Copyright © 1980, Cambridge University Press Reprinted by permission
The interview Desert Island Discs is published through the courtesy of the BBC and with the approval of Mrs Diana Plomley and Miss Sue Lawley
All rights reserveCopyright © 1993 by Stephen HawkingLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number 93-8269No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher For information address Bantam Books
eISBN: 978-0-307-79045-3
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
PREFACE
  1. CHILDHOOD
  2. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE
  3. MY EXPERIENCE WITH ALS
  4. PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE
  5. A BRIEF HISTORY OF A BRIEF HISTORY
  6. MY POSITION
  7. IS THE END IN SIGHT FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS?
  8. EINSTEIN’S DREAM
  9. THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
10. THE QUANTUM MECHANICS OF BLACK HOLES
11. BLACK HOLES AND BABY UNIVERSES
12. IS EVERYTHING DETERMINED?
13. THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
14. DESERT ISLAND DISCS: AN INTERVIEW
Other Books by This Author
PREFACE
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS a collection of pieces that I wrote over the period 1976 to 1992. They range from autobiographical sketches through the philosophy of science to attempts to explain the excitement I feel about science and the universe. The volume concludes with the transcript of a Desert Island Discs program on which I appeared. This is a peculiarly British institution in which the guest is asked to imagine himself or herself cast away on a desert island and is invited to choose eight records with which to while away the time until rescued. Fortunately, I didn’t have too long to wait before returning to civilization.
Because these pieces were written over a period of sixteen ............

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