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008			240813s2010 nyua 001 u eng d
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082	0	0	_a530.142 HAW
100	1		_aHawking, Stephen, _d1942-2018
245	1	4	_aThe grand design / _cStephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
260			_aNew York : _bBantam Books, _cc2010
300			_a198 p. : _billus. ; _c23 cm
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_aWhen and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned as to allow for the existence of beings like ourselves? And, finally, is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? The most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and of life itself, once the province of philosophy, now occupy the territory where scientists, philosophers, and theologians meet—if only to disagree. In their new book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by both brilliance and simplicity.
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aUnified field theories _vPopular works
650		0	_aSuperstring theories _vPopular works
650		0	_aMathematical physics _vPopular works
700	1		_aMlodinow, Leonard, _d1954-
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