From the Book - First edition.
pt. 1. 1942-1975. "The quest for a theory of everything"
"Our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in"
"The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock"
"The big question was, was there a beginning or not?"
"There is a singularity in our past"
pt. 2. 1970-1990. "These people must think we are used to an astronomical standard of living"
"Scientists usually assume there is a unique link between the past and the future, cause and effect. If information is lost, this link does not exist"
"The odds against a universe that has produced life like ours are immense"
"In all my travels, I have not managed to fall off the edge of the world"
"It's turtles all the way down"
"The field of baby universes is in its infancy"
pt. 3. 1990-2000. "Is the end in sight for theorectical physics?"
"Between film roles I enjoy solving physics problems"
"I think we have a good chance of avoiding both Armageddon and a new Dark Age"
pt. 4. 2000-2011. "An expanding horizon of possibilities"
"I've always gone in a somewhat different direction"
"My name is Stephen Hawking : physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer."
