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The book addresses major, widely debated questions spanning theology and the origin of the universe, the possibility of other intelligence, the limits of prediction, and the structure of black holes, time, and future survival. It also covers space colonization and the risks and responsibilities of artificial intelligence, followed by acknowledgements and author information.","Copyright © 2018 by Spacetime Publications Limited Foreword copyright © 2018 by Eddie Redmayne Introduction copyright © 2018 by Kip Thorne Afterword copyright © 2018 by Lucy Hawking All rights reserved.  \nPublished in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.  \nBANTAM BOOKS and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.  \nPublished in the United Kingdom by John Murray (Publishers), a Hachette UK Company.  \nPhotograph of the adult Stephen Hawking © Andre Pattenden Hardback ISBN 9781984819192  \nEbook ISBN 9781984819208  \n[randomhousebooks.com](randomhousebooks.com)  \nText design by Craig Burgess, adapted for ebook Cover design: Dan Rembert  \nCover image: © Shutterstock v5 .3.2  \nep  \nContents  \nCover  \nTitle Page Copyright  \nA Note from the Publisher Foreword: Eddie Redmayne  \nAn Introduction: Kip Thorne  \nWhy We Must Ask the Big Questions Chapter 1 : Is There a God?  \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 Acknowledgements By Stephen Hawking About 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 and essays.  \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 Eddie 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 his scientific 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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