{"product_id":"brief-answers-to-the-big-questions-paperback","title":"Brief Answers To The Big Questions (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE MILLION-COPY and \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e#1 BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it\nmatters - witty' GUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author\nof \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Time\u003c\/i\u003e leaves us with his final thoughts\non the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis edition includes colour illustrations alongside a\nforeword by Eddie Redmayne, introduction by Nobel Prize-winner Kip Thorne and\nafterword by Lucy Hawking, Stephen's daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIs there a God?\u003cbr\u003e\nHow did it all begin?\u003cbr\u003e\nCan we predict the future?\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat is inside a black hole?\u003cbr\u003e\nIs there other intelligent life in the universe?\u003cbr\u003e\nWill artificial intelligence outsmart us?\u003cbr\u003e\nWill we survive on Earth?\u003cbr\u003e\nIs time travel possible?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThroughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking\nexpanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest\nmysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary time and\nmultiple histories took his mind to the furthest reaches of space, Hawking\nalways believed that science could also be used to fix the problems on our\nplanet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNow, as we face potentially catastrophic changes here on\nEarth - from climate change to dwindling natural resources to the threat of\nartificial super-intelligence - Stephen Hawking turns his attention to the most\nurgent issues for humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately\nargued, and infused with his characteristic humour, Hawking's final book is a\npersonal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a\nplanet, are heading next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Hawking's\u003c\/b\u003e ability to make science\nunderstandable and compelling to a lay audience was established with the\npublication of his first book, A Brief History of Time, which has sold nearly\n10 million copies in 40 languages. Hawking has authored or participated in the\ncreation of numerous other popular science books, including The Universe in a\nNutshell, A Briefer History of Time, On the Shoulders of Giants, The\nIllustrated On the Shoulders of Giants, and George's Secret Key to the\nUniverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e(Stephen William Hawking; Oxford, United Kingdom, January 8,\n1942 – Cambridge, March 14, 2018) British theoretical physicist. Despite his\nphysical disabilities and the progressive limitations imposed by the\ndegenerative disease he suffered from, Stephen William Hawking is probably the\nbest-known physicist among the general public since Einstein. A fighter and a\nwinner, throughout his life he managed to overcome the immense obstacles posed\nby Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which afflicted him\nsince he was 20 years old. Hawking is, without a doubt, a prime example of\nvitality and resilience in the face of adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the\nPontifical Academy of Sciences, and the US National Academy of Sciences. He\nheld the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1979\nuntil his retirement in 2009. Among his numerous distinctions, Hawking was\nawarded twelve honorary doctorates and was given the Order of the British\nEmpire (CBE) in 1982, the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord in 1989, the\nCopley Medal in 2006, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, and the BBVA Foundation\nFrontiers of Knowledge Award in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe achieved best-selling success with his popular science\nworks, in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; these\ninclude A Brief History of Time, which was on the British Sunday Times\nbest-seller list for 237 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlvi Books Publishing House dedicated this space on Amazon\nto him in 2016 as a tribute and recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45876105707727,"sku":"9781399843294","price":28.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_cca44204-7542-4101-8822-2c5386714d86.jpg?v=1787705994","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/brief-answers-to-the-big-questions-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}