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In *Brief Answers to the Big Questions*, Stephen Hawking compiles his personal reflections on the most important issues confronting humanity, from cosmology to ethics and the future of our planet. Each answer is prefaced by a leading thinker’s perspective, making the book a collaborative conversation between science and philosophy. With a foreword by Eddie Redmayne and an afterword by Hawking’s daughter Lucy, complemented by photographs and archival material, the volume offers an insightful, approachable look at the universe and our place within it.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Science/Physics
Authors: Stephen Hawking
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