From the Book - First revised paperback edition.
1942-1975. "The quest for a theory of everything" ; "Our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in" ; "Equal to anything" ; "The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock" ; "The big question was, was there a beginning or not?" ; "There is a singularity in our past"
1970-1990. "These people must think we are used to an astronomical standard of living" ; "Scientists usually assume there is a unique link between the past and the future, cause and effect. If information is lost, this link does not exist" ; "The odds against a universe that has produced life like ours are immense" ; "In all my travels, I have not managed to fall off the edge of the world" ; "It's turtles all the way down" ; "The field of baby universes is in its infancy"
1990-2000. "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" ; Between film roles, I enjoy solving physics problems" ; "I think we have a good chance of avoiding both Armageddon and a new Dark Age" ; "It seems clear to me"
2000-2011. "An expanding horizon of possibilities ; "Grandad has wheels" ; "I've always gone in a somewhat different direction" ; "My name is Stephen Hawking : physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer"
2012-2016. "O brave new world . . . that has such people in It!"
From the Book - Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition.
Pt. I. 1942-1975. "The quest for a theory of everything"
"Our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in"
"The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock"
"The big question was, was there a beginning or not?"
"There is a singularity in our past"
pt. II. 1970-1990. "These people must think we are used to an astronomical standard of living"
"Scientists usually assume there is a unique link between the past and the future, cause and effect. If information is lost, this link does not exist"
"The odds against a universe that has produced life like ours are immense"
"In all my travels, I have not managed to fall off the edge of the world"
"It's turtles all the way down"
"The field of baby universes is in its infancy"
pt. III. 1990-2000. "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?"
"Between film roles, I enjoy solving physics problems"
"I think we have a good chance of avoiding both Armageddon and a new Dark Age"
pt. IV. 2000-2011. "An expanding horizon of possibilities"
"I've always gone in a somewhat different direction"
"My name is Stephen Hawking : physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer."