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<p>Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united in a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? On this issue, two of the world's most famous physicists—Stephen Hawking (<i>A Brief History of Time</i>) and Roger Penrose (<i>The Emperor's New Mind</i> and <i>Shadows of the Mind</i>)—disagree. Here they explain their positions in a work based on six lectures with a final debate, all originally presented at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge.</p> <p>How could quantum gravity, a theory that could explain the earlier moments of the big bang and the physics of the enigmatic objects known as black holes, be constructed? Why does our patch of the universe look just as Einstein predicted, with no hint of quantum effects in sight? What strange quantum processes can cause black holes to evaporate, and what happens to all the information that they swallow? Why does time go forward, not backwa

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Author
Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9781400834747
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Mathematics, Physics
Rating
4.07 / 5 (812 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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