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He examined the birth of the universe because he wanted to know the mind of godand perhaps take. This new edition includes recent updates from stephen hawking with his latest thoughts about the no boundary proposal and offers new information about dark energy, the. The book examines some of the greatest mysteries of the universe. But its a great book, i know more about stephens personal life including his relationship with jane wilde, his habit every morning etc what a shame the book dated back 1998. The book is basically a collection of thoughts and writings of stephen hawking on the 10 big questions. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 176 pages and is available in hardcover format.
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