BlackHolesandBabyUniversesandOtherEssays

BLACK HOLES AND BABY UNIVERSES A Bantam Book PUBLISHING HISTORY Bantam hardcover edition / October 1993 Bantam trade paperback edition / October 1994 “Is the End in Sight for Theoretical Physics?”, an Inaugural Lecture given in the University of Cambridge by Stephen Hawking Copyright © 1980, Cambridge University Press Reprinted by permission The interview Desert Island Discs is published through the courtesy of the BBC and with the approval of Mrs Diana Plomley and Miss Sue Lawley All rights reserve Copyright © 1993 by Stephen Hawking Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 93-8269 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher For information address Bantam Books eISBN: 978-0-307-79045-3 Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc Its trademark, consisting of the words “Bantam Books” and the portrayal of a rooster, is Registered in US Patent and Trademark Office and in othe......