‘Brief Answers To The Big Questions’ Is Stephen Hawking’s Parting Gift To Humanity

Physicist Stephen Hawking on Oct. 10, 1979, in Princeton, New Jersey.

The physicist’s posthumous book highlights his belief in the rationality of nature and on our ability to uncover its secrets — and a faith in science’s ability to solve humanity’s biggest problems.

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