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# 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A whirlwind tour of fundamental physics and cosmology.”— The Wall Street Journal “Fascinating . . . a wealth of ideas [that] leave us with a clearer understanding of modern physics in all its invigorating complexity.”— Los Angeles Times When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design , Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most illuminating scientific thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity. According to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history. The authors explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the early universe and show how quantum theory predicts the “multiverse”—the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. They conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing ou
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stephen Hawking; Leonard Mlodinow
- Publisher
- Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780593058305
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Physics, Astronomy
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (44,203 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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