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Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018.

The grand design / Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. - New York : Bantam, 2012. - 198 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 23 cm.

Originally published: 2010. Includes index.

The mystery of being -- The rule of law -- What is reality? -- Alternative histories -- The theory of everything -- Choosing our universe -- The apparent miracle -- The grand design.

In the last 30 years of his life Albert Einstein searched for a unified theory - a theory which could describe all the forces of nature in a single framework. In this work, Hawking and Mlodinow reveal an original and controversial theory of their own.

ISBN: 9780553384666 (pbk.) : No price 9780553907070 (ebook) : No price 9780553819229 9780553384666 055338466X 0553819224

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Superstring theories--Popular works
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Unified field theories--Popular works
Superstring theories--Popular works
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LC Class. No.: QC794.6.G7 / H384 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 523.1 HAW