They conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a “theory of everything”: the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, which, if confirmed, would represent the ultimate triumph of human reason. Now, in The Grand Design, a popular synthesis of contemporary physical and cosmological theory, he dares to outdo himself: The new account of cosmogenesis he favors just might, he has decided. The authors explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the “multiverse”-the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. IN THE NEW BOOK BY STEPHEN HAWKING AND Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design, the authors manage to give a detailed historical summary of mathematics and. It is all entertaining stuff, skilfully assembled and described in a fairly droll manner. According to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history. Contemplations on The Grand Design (or a debate with Stephen Hawking in his absence). 'We will have found the grand design,' Hawking and Mlodinow conclude. 'When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion-or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity. In The Grand Design, Cambridge theorist Stephen Hawking and Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow seem to suggest that physics and metaphysics are also growing closer.

The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking