Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

THIRTEENEXTRAORDINARYESSAYSSHEDNEWLIGHTONTHEMYSTERIESOFTHEUNIVERSE—ANDONONEOFTHEMOSTBRILLIANTTHINKERSOFOURTIME.InhisphenomenalbestsellerABriefHistoryofTime,StephenHawkingliterallytransformedthewaywethinkaboutphysics,theuniverse,realityitself.Inthesethirteenessaysandoneremarkableextendedinterview,themanwidelyregardedasthemostbrillianttheoreticalphysicistsinceEinsteinreturnstorevealanamazingarrayofpossibilitiesforunderstandingouruniverse.Buildingonhisearlierwork,Hawkingdiscussesimaginarytime,howblackholescangivebirthtobabyuniverses,andscientists’effortstofindacompleteunifiedtheorythatwouldpredicteverythingintheuniverse.Withhischaracteristicmasteryoflanguage,hissenseofhumorandcommitmenttoplainspeaking,StephenHawkinginvitesustoknowhimbetter—andtosharehispassionforthevoyageofintellectandimaginationthathasopenednewwaystounderstandingtheverynatureofthecosmos.