The Grand Design [B0165]

2010 HCDJ in excellent condition. "Fascinating . . . a wealth of ideas [that] leave us with a clearer understanding of modern physics in all its invigorating complexity."-Los Angeles Times. 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 The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most illuminating scientific thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity. A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform-and provoke-like no other.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This book could be subtitled something like "Quantum Physics for Dummies," or the like. Hawking makes a complex and often headachy subject accessible for those of us who don't hold advanced degrees in the sciences. And often with a sprinkling of tongue-in-cheek humor."; "I learned a lot, and now I have more questions than when I started."