The Grand Design
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A whirlwind tour of fundamental physics and cosmology.”—The Wall Street Journal
“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.
According to quantum theory, the cosmos does not…
$29.99
February 21, 2012
Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His books for the general reader include My Brief History, the classic A Brief History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universes, The Universe in a Nutshell, and, with Leonard Mlodinow, A Briefer History of Time and The Grand Design. Stephen Hawking died in 2018.
You and the Universe
Stephen and Lucy Hawking; illustrated by Xin Li
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking
How to Make a Spaceship
Julian Guthrie
Black Holes
Stephen Hawking
My Brief History
Stephen Hawking
The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
A Briefer History of Time
Stephen Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow
The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
Black Holes and Baby Universes
Stephen Hawking
LEONARD MLODINOW received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute, and was on the faculty of the California Institute of Technology. His previous books include the best sellers The Grand Design and A Briefer History of Time (both with Stephen Hawking), Subliminal (winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award), and War of the Worldviews (with Deepak Chopra), as well as Elastic, Euclid’s Window, Feynman’s Rainbow, and The Upright Thinkers.
Emotional
Leonard Mlodinow
Stephen Hawking
Leonard Mlodinow
Elastic
Leonard Mlodinow
The Upright Thinkers
Leonard Mlodinow
Subliminal
Leonard Mlodinow
War of the Worldviews
Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow
The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Feynman's Rainbow
Leonard Mlodinow
The Drunkard's Walk
Leonard Mlodinow