# The Grand Design

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- Book: [The Grand Design](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-hawking/the-grand-design) ([The Grand Design.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-hawking/the-grand-design.md))
- Authors: [Stephen W. Hawking](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-hawking), [Leonard Mlodinow](https://www.bookquiver.com/leonard-mlodinow)
- Publisher: bantam
- ISBN: 978-05-5381-922-9
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2011-08-18
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design , the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe is presented in language marked by both brilliance and simplicity. Model dependent realism, the multiverse, the top-down theory of cosmology, and the unified M-theory - all are revealed here. This is the first major work in nearly a decade by one of the world's greatest thinkers. A succinct, startling and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform - and provoke - like no other.