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Eddie Redmayne reflects on meeting Hawking, preparing to portray him, and the balance of scientific brilliance with the courage shaped by motor neurone disease. 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 \nChapter 2: How Did It All Begin?  \nChapter 3: Is There Other Intelligent Life in the Universe?  \nChapter 4: Can We Predict the Future?  \nChapter 5: What Is Inside a Black Hole?  \nChapter 6: Is Time Travel Possible?  \nChapter 7: Will We Survive on Earth?  \nChapter 8: Should We Colonise Space?  \nChapter 9: Will Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Us?  \nChapter 10: How Do We Shape the Future?  \nAfterword: Lucy Hawking  \nAcknowledgements  \nBy Stephen Hawking  \nAbout the Author  \nA Note from the Publisher  \nStephen Hawking was regularly asked for his thoughts on the “big questions”of the day by scientists, tech entrepreneurs, senior business figures, political leaders and the general public. Stephen maintained an enormous personal archive of his responses, which took the form of speeches, interviews andessays.  \nThis book draws from this personal archive and was in development at the time of his death. It has been completed in collaboration with his academic colleagues, his family and the Stephen Hawking Estate.  \nA percentage of the royalties will go to the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Stephen Hawking Foundation.  \nForeword  \nEddie Redmayne  \nThe first time I met Stephen Hawking, I was struck by his extraordinary power and his vulnerability. The determined look in his eyes coupled with the immobile body was familiar to me from my research—I had recently been engaged to play the role of Stephen in The Theory of Everything and had spent several months studying his work and the nature of his disability, attempting to understand how to use my body to express the passage of motor neurone disease over time.  \nAnd yet when I finally met Stephen, the icon, this scientist of phenomenal talent, whose main communication was through a computerised voice along with a pair of exceptionally expressive eyebrows, I was floored. I tend to get nervous in silences and talk too much whereas Stephen absolutely understood the power of silence, the power of feeling like you are being scrutinised. Flustered, I chose to talk to him about how our birthdays were only days apart, putting us in the same zodiacal sign. After a few minutes Stephen replied,“I’m an astronomer. Not an astrologer.” He also insisted that I call him Stephen and stop referring to him as Professor. I had been told…  \nThe opportunity to portray Stephen was an extraordinary one. I was drawn to the role because of the duality of Stephen’s external triumph in hisscientific work and the internal battle against motor neurone disease starting in his early twenties. His was a unique, complex, rich story of human endeavour, family life, huge academic achievement and sheer defiance in the face of all obstacles. While we wanted to portray the inspiration, we also wanted to show the grit and courage involved in Stephen’s life, displayed both by him and by those who cared for him.  \nBut it was equally important to portray that side of Stephen which was pure showman. 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