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BL
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1091990
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bc101288
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Hawking, Stephen,1942-2018.
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| Title & Author
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The grand design /\ Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Bantam Books,, ©2010.
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198 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color) ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780553805376
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: 0553805371
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: 9780553907070
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: 0553907077
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: 9780593058299
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: 0593058291
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: 9780593058305
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: 0593058305
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: 9780553840889
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: 0553840886
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: 9780553384666
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: 055338466X
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: 9780553840919
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: 0553840916
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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The mystery of being -- The rule of law -- What is reality? -- Alternative histories -- The theory of everything -- Choosing our universe -- The apparent miracle -- The grand design.
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| Abstract
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Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard's Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions -- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other? -- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories."
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Unified field theories, Popular works.
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Superstring theories, Popular works.
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Mathematical physics, Popular works.
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Cosmology.
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Théories du champ unitaire, Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
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Supercordes (Physique nucléaire), Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
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Physique mathématique, Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
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Mathematical physics.
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Superstring theories.
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Unified field theories.
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Mathematical physics.
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Unified field theories.
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Superstring theories.
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Cosmology.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.142
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| LC Classification
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QC794.6.G7H385 2010
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| NLM classification
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530.142 H392g
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SCI015000SCI005000bisacsh
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O412.2clc
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| Added Entry
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Mlodinow, Leonard,1954-
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