The grand design (Record no. 7611)
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| control field | ASIN055338466X |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20190522131505.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 150126s2012 xxu eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 055338466X (paperback) |
| Terms of availability | $18.00 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780553384666 (paperback) |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | 675.00 PKR |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | AUI |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hawking, Stephen. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2439 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The grand design |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Bantam, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 250 p. |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent ���grand design��� of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion���or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity. According to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history. The authors explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the ���multiverse������the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. They conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a ���theory of everything���: the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, which, if confirmed, would represent the ultimate triumph o |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mlo |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2440 |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Amazon.com |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/055338466X/">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/055338466X/</a> |
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| Withdrawn { Not Available } | Missing from bundle | Dewey Decimal Classification | Air University Central Library Islamabad | Air University Central Library Islamabad | 01/27/2015 | Saeed Book Bank | SJ002 | 4 | 530.142 HAW | P10032 | 01/11/2017 | 04/28/2016 | 675.00 | 02/22/2013 | Book | Price Paid 2020 (IBD/AU/231/10/11/LIB) |