01601cam a2200349 i 4500 513114686 TxAuBib 20181204120000.0 181016s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018179891 9781984819192 1984819194 (OCoLC)1055766066 NjBwBT eng rda CGL CGL TCH PCX JAS OQX UNA VP@ JOHCL TxAuBib rda Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Brief answers to the big questions / Stephen Hawking. First U.S. edition. New York : Bantam Books, [2018] ©2018. xxiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Why we must ask the big questions -- Is there a God? -- How did it all begin? -- Is there other intelligent life in the universe? -- Can we predict the future? -- What is inside a black hole? -- Is time travel possible? -- Will we survive on Earth? -- Should we colonise space? -- Will artificial intelligence outsmart us? -- How do we shape the future? Offers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity. 20181204. Science Miscellanea. Redmayne, Eddie, writer of foreword. Thorne, Kip S, writer of introduction. Hawking, Lucy, writer of afterword.