01658cam a2200301 i 4500 1261962200 TxAuBib 930427s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 93008269 9780553095234 0553095234 (OCoLC)8298 DLC eng DLC PGC EL$ BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP SINLB BTN GEBAY MCW MNM GBVCP OCLCO OCLCA OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ TxAuBib rda Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Black holes and baby universes and other essays / Stephen Hawking. New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 1993. ix, 182 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Childhood -- Oxford and Cambridge -- My experience with ALS -- Public attitudes toward science -- A brief history of A brief history -- My position -- Is the end in sight for theoretical physics? -- Einstein's dream -- The origin of the universe -- The quantum mechanics of black holes -- Black holes and baby universes -- Is everything determined? -- The future of the universe -- Desert Island Discs : an interview. In thirteen essays and one extended interview Hawking discusses imaginary time, how black holes can give birth to baby universes, and scientists' efforts to find a complete unified theory that would predict everything in the universe. Hawking, Stephen 1942- Cosmology. Science Philosophy. Physicists Great Britain Biography.