Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Special 1st Edition)
by Stephen Hawking
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1473695988
- ISBN 13
- 9781473695986
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions examines some of the universe's greatest mysteries, and promotes the view that science is very important in helping to solve problems on planet Earth The publisher describes the book as "a selection of [Hawking's] most profound, accessible, and timely reflections from his personal archive", and is based on, according to a book reviewer, "half a million or so words" from his essays, lectures and keynote speeches
The book was incomplete at the time of Hawking's passing in March 2018, but was completed with "his academic colleagues, his family and the Stephen Hawking Estate" It includes a foreword written by Eddie Redmayne, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Hawking in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything; an introduction by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne; and an afterword by Lucy Hawking, the author's daughter
Stephen Hawking (1942 â€" 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world
This copy is in black cloth with silver titles on the spine Virtually new condition, with no marks or damage at all The unclipped DJ has very slight edge wear, but is otherwise excellent There is a "Special Edition" label on the jacket front, reading "Including More Answers to the Big Questions" Thus, there are 15 extra pages (making 247 p) in this edition, beyond the standard edition (232 p)
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- Bookseller
- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AA1961
- Title
- Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Special 1st Edition)
- Author
- Stephen Hawking
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus, Special UK edition
- ISBN 10
- 1473695988
- ISBN 13
- 9781473695986
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2018
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Math and Technolodygy;
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