A new book by the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, called Brief Answers to the Big Questions, is being published posthumously, his children Tim and Lucy Hawking announced on Monday at a global news conference held at the Science Museum in London. Asked how the new book compared with the one for which Hawking is best known — A Brief History of Time — Lucy responded: “It is very different. In the UK, the new book is being published by John Murray (£14.99 for the hardback edition). Lucy said her father had started work on the book but died before it was finished. Hawking’s message to the young was: “Be curious.”It is set out in his book: “When we see the Earth from space, we see ourselves as a whole.

Source: The Telegraph October 15, 2018 21:22 UTC