IT'S TIME TO LOOK OUTWARD, TO THE UNIVERSE

What would it have been like to walk on an Earth covered in lava half a million years ago?

Can you imagine what it would be like to be near a volcano about to erupt? Or to take your first step on the Moon?

What would you do if robots took control of the planet?

Decoding the Universe is an engaging collection of insightful essays that Stephen and Lucy Hawking compiled together into a single book. It also includes previously unpublished content on such current topics as genetics, the multiverse, the ethics of Artificial Intelligence, and the problem of scientific denial.

This beautifully illustrated edition is the perfect guide to understanding the universe.

"WE CAN BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE. WHO KNOWS WHAT WE WILL FIND AND WHOM WE WILL MEET?"

STEPHEN HAWKING

Decoding the Universe is a collection of fantastic, information-packed essays that we've brought together in a single book, which also includes fabulous new material on topics that have always fascinated me, such as genetics, the multiverse, and a new essay on black holes. Our new additions also discuss the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the problem of science denial, and our youngest contributor explains climate change.

The day my father and I first conceived the idea of ​​writing the story of a boy who falls into a black hole seems like a long time ago; the first book we created together stemmed from a question my father was asked at a birthday party. That question launched us on a mission to write an entire book to answer it. I think we can say with all sincerity that when you ask a question, you never know what might happen.