Overview
āThis superbly written book offers insight into an extraordinary individual, the creative process, and the scope and limits of our current understanding of the cosmos.āāLord Martin Rees
Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life.Ā In order to solve this mystery, Hawking studied the big bang origin of the universe, butĀ his early work ran into a crisis when the math predicted many big bangs producing a multiverseācountless different universes, most of which would be far too bizarre to āharbor life.
HoledĀ upĀ in the theoretical physics department at Cambridge, Stephen Hawking and his friend and collaborator ThomasĀ HertogĀ workedĀ on this problem for twenty years, developing a new theory of the cosmos that could account for the emergence of life. Peering into the extreme quantum physics of cosmic holograms and venturing far back in time to our deepest roots, they were startled to find a deeper level of evolution in which theĀ physical laws themselvesĀ transform and simplify until particles, forces, and even time itself fadesĀ away.Ā This discovery led them to a revolutionary idea: The laws of physics are not set in stone but areĀ born and co-evolve as the universe they govern takes shape. As Hawkingās final days drew near, the two collaborators published their theory, which proposed aĀ radical new Darwinian perspective on the origins of our universe.
On the Origin of Time offersĀ a striking new vision of the universeās birth that will profoundlyĀ transform the way we think about our place in the order of the cosmos and may ultimately prove to be Hawkingās greatest legacy.
This book title, On the Origin of Time (Stephen Hawking's Final Theory) - 9780593128466, ISBN: 9780593128466, by Thomas Hertog, published by Random House Publishing Group (March 5, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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