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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

''A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

''Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty'' GUARDIAN

The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe''s biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.

Is there a God?

How did it all begin?

Can we predict the future?

What is inside a black hole?

Is there other intelligent life in the universe?

Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?

How do we shape the future?

Will we survive on Earth?

Should we colonise space?

Is time travel possible?

Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary tim

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A beautiful book from a brilliant mind * Daily Telegraph *
Almost everything in Brief Answers is effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty * Guardian *
The best, most mind-bending sort of physics: black holes, time travel, the origins of the universe * The Times *
It is that ultra-distinctive voice (modest, profound, sometimes very funny) that knits this book together * Sunday Times *

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      Publisher: John Murray Press
      Publication Date: 05/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9781473695993, 978-1473695993
      ISBN10: 1473695996

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      Book Synopsis

      THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

      ''A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

      ''Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty'' GUARDIAN

      The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe''s biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.

      Is there a God?

      How did it all begin?

      Can we predict the future?

      What is inside a black hole?

      Is there other intelligent life in the universe?

      Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?

      How do we shape the future?

      Will we survive on Earth?

      Should we colonise space?

      Is time travel possible?

      Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary tim

      Trade Review
      A beautiful book from a brilliant mind * Daily Telegraph *
      Almost everything in Brief Answers is effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty * Guardian *
      The best, most mind-bending sort of physics: black holes, time travel, the origins of the universe * The Times *
      It is that ultra-distinctive voice (modest, profound, sometimes very funny) that knits this book together * Sunday Times *

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