Stephen Hawking

"Tämä kirja jäi Stephen Hawkingin viimeiseksi. Sen lopussa hän muistuttaa meitä kyselemisen tärkeydestä, siitä, kuinka välttämätöntä on vapauttaa mielikuvituksensa, yrittää ottaa selkoa asioista ja ymmärtää, mitä täällä todella on tekeillä." – Esko ValtaojaOnko muualla maailmankaikkeudessa elämää? Kuinka selviydymme planeetallamme? Aikamme tunnetuin tiedemies vastaa perustavanlaatuisiin kysymyksiin. Mistä me tulemme? Onko tekoäly pelastuksemme tai tuhomme? Löytyykö Jumala multiversumista? Maailman tunnetuimmalta tiedemieheltä, kosmologi Stephen Hawkingiltä kysyttiin usein suuria kysymyksiä tieteestä ja ihmiskunnan kohtalosta. Hän kirjoitti kysymykset muistiin samoin kuin vastauksensa niihin. Nuo perustavaa laatua olevat kysymykset ja vastaukset on nyt koottu yhteen ja julkaistaan tässä Lyhyet vastaukset suuriin kysymyksiin -kirjassa. ALS-tautia sairastanut Stephen Hawking kuoli 14. maaliskuuta 2018, mutta suuren tutkijan henkinen perintö elää. Teoksen suomenkielisen laitoksen esipuheen on kirjoittanut Esko Valtaoja. Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) oli aikamme tunnetuin tiedemies, jonka teoriat ajan ja aineen perimmäisestä luonteesta ovat mullistaneet käsitystämme maailmankaikkeudesta. Hänen teoksensa Ajan lyhyt historia on kaikkien aikojen myydyin suurelle yleisölle suunnattu tiedekirja.

George's pet pig breaks through the fence into the garden next door - introducing him to his new neighbours: the scientist, Eric, his daughter, Annie, and a super-intelligent computer called Cosmos.

“I have tried to answer some really big questions.“But there are other big questions I need you to help answer.” Join Stephen Hawking as he encourages young readers to pose their own theories to some of our universe’s biggest questions. Questions like:- How can we take care of each other?- What is in a black hole?- What else is out there in our universe? With gentle prompts to spark conversations with curious minds, You And The Universe challenges young readers to think about the world around them. With answers to each question at the end of the book, this story allows children to pose their own theories about our planet and themselves. Written by Professor Hawking's daughter, Lucy, and carefully illustrated by Xin Li, You And The Universe is inspired by Professor Hawking's 2018 Earth Day address. Reminding young scientists everywhere to look up and engage with the world around them.“Urges readers to care for one another and the planet in this buoyant book.” - Publishers Weekly“A wonderful book to get kids interested in space and yet remember the Earth!” - Reader review

“I have tried to answer some really big questions.“But there are other big questions I need you to help answer.” Join Stephen Hawking as he encourages young readers to pose their own theories to some of our universe’s biggest questions. Questions like:- How can we take care of each other?- What is in a black hole?- What else is out there in our universe? With gentle prompts to spark conversations with curious minds, You And The Universe challenges young readers to think about the world around them. With answers to each question at the end of the book, this story allows children to pose their own theories about our planet and themselves. Written by Professor Hawking's daughter, Lucy, and carefully illustrated by Xin Li, You And The Universe is inspired by Professor Hawking's 2018 Earth Day address. Reminding young scientists everywhere to look up and engage with the world around them.“Urges readers to care for one another and the planet in this buoyant book.” - Publishers Weekly“A wonderful book to get kids interested in space and yet remember the Earth!” - Reader review

This is everything they've ever wanted - they get to be a part of up-to-the minute space discoveries and meet a bunch of new friends who are as fascinated by the universe as they are. But when they arrive at space camp, George and Annie quickly learn that strange things are happening - on Earth as well as up in our skies.

George and his best friend Annie haven't had any space adventures for a while and they're missing the excitement. It looks like the world's biggest and best computers have all been hacked. George and Annie will travel further into space than ever before in order to find out who is behind it.

THE MILLION-COPY and SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER 'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty' GUARDIAN The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. This edition includes colour illustrations alongside a foreword by Eddie Redmayne, introduction by Nobel Prize-winner Kip Thorne and afterword by Lucy Hawking, Stephen's daughter. Is there a God? How did it all begin? Can we predict the future? What is inside a black hole? Is there other intelligent life in the universe? Will artificial intelligence outsmart us? Will we survive on Earth? Is time travel possible? Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary time and multiple histories took his mind to the furthest reaches of space, Hawking always believed that science could also be used to fix the problems on our planet. Now, as we face potentially catastrophic changes here on Earth - from climate change to dwindling natural resources to the threat of artificial super-intelligence - Stephen Hawking turns his attention to the most urgent issues for humankind. Wide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately argued, and infused with his characteristic humour, Hawking's final book is a personal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. A percentage of all royalties will go to charity.

The million-copy bestseller now illustrated with over 200 full-colour images, illuminating the fascinating science of our universe like never before.'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty' GUARDIANThe world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. Is there a God? How did it all begin? Can we predict the future? What is inside a black hole? Is there other intelligent life in the universe? Will artificial intelligence outsmart us? How do we shape the future? Will we survive on Earth? Should we colonise space? Is time travel possible? Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary time and multiple histories took his mind to the furthest reaches of space, Hawking always believed that science could also be used to fix the problems on our planet. And now, as we face potentially catastrophic changes here on Earth - from climate change to dwindling natural resources to the threat of artificial super-intelligence - Stephen Hawking turns his attention to the most urgent issues for humankind. Wide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately argued, and infused with his characteristic humour, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, the final book from one of the greatest minds in history, is a personal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next.

Har universum några gränser? Hade tiden en början, kan den gå bakåt och kommer den få ett slut? I denna klassiker får komplexa frågor begripliga svar. Med stor berättarglädje djupdyker Stephen Hawking i svarta hål, antimateria, kvantmekanik och Big Bang, och tar läsaren ett steg närmare skapelsens hemligheter. Kosmos : en kort historik har nått miljoner läsare över hela världen och hyllats som ett av vår tids ­populärvetenskapliga mästerverk. * Stephen Hawking hade innan han gick bort i mars 2018 tagit positionen som världens mest berömda vetenskapsman. Hawking var professor i fysik vid Cambridge under trettio år och blev känd för en större allmänhet genom sina många böcker, till exempel Korta svar på stora frågor och Min korta historia.