十问 : 霍金沉思录 = Brief answers to the big questions

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 Time And Multiple Histories Took His Mind To The Furthest Reaches Of Space, Hawking Always Believed That Science Could Also Be Used To Fix The Problems On Our Planet. And Now, As We Face Potentially Catastrophic Changes Here On Earth - From Climate Change To Dwindling Natural Resources To The Threat Of Artificial Super-intelligence - Stephen Hawking Turns His Attention To The Most Urgent Issues For Humankind. Wide-ranging, Intellectually Stimulating, Passionately Argued, And Infused With His Characteristic Humour, Brief Answers To The Big Questions, The Final Book From One Of The Greatest Minds In History, Is A Personal View On The Challenges We Face As A Human Race, And Where We, As A Planet, Are Heading Next. A Percentage Of All Royalties Will Go To Charity. Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project: a book compiling his answers to the "big" questions that he was so often posed--questions that ranged beyond his academic field. Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding. The book will also feature a foreword from Academy Award winning actor Eddie Redmayne, who portrayed Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything, and an afterword by Hawking's daughter, Lucy Hawking, as well as personal photographs and additional archival material. Professor Hawking was a brilliant theoretical physicist, an influential author and thinker, and a great popular communicator. Throughout his career he was asked questions by business leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics and the general public on a broad range of subjects, from the origins of the universe to the future of the planet. BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS brings together his thinking on the most timeless and the most-timely questions in science: Where did we come from? What is inside a black hole? Is there other intelligent life in the universe? How will we survive on earth? How can we colonise space? Will we ever be able to go beyond the Solar System? For both the scientific and the intellectually curious, this book celebrates the mind, humour, and achievements of one of the most inspiring figures in recent history. The book will include an Afterword from Lucy Hawking and a percentage of all royalties will go to the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Stephen Hawking Foundation De beroemde Britse kosmoloog Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) over grote vragen zoals het bestaan van God, buitenaards leven, zwarte gaten, tijdreizen, artificiële intelligentie en de toekomst van de mensheid Offers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity