APPENDIX Z61: 2010: Cosmologists Hawking and Mlodinow
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APPENDIX Z61:
2010: Cosmologists Hawking and
Mlodinow
***
“We each exist for but a short time, and in that
time
time
explore but a small part of the whole universe.
But
But
humans are a curious species. We wonder, we seek
answers. Living in this vast world that is by turns
kind and
kind and
cruel, and gazing at the immense heavens above,
people
people
have always asked a multitude of questions: How can
we
we
understand the world in which we nd ourselves?
How
How
does the universe behave? What is the nature of
reality?
reality?
Where did all this come from?
Did the universe need
Did the universe need
a creator? Most of us do not spend most of our
time
time
worrying about these questions, but almost all of us
worry
worry
about them some of the time.
Traditionally these are
questions for philosophy, but
questions for philosophy, but
philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up
with
with
modern developments in science, particularly
physics.
physics.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of
discovery in our quest for knowledge.”*
*** Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design. New York: Bantam
Books. 2010. p. 5
