1.
The Mystery of Existence
2.
Rule of law
3.
What is reality?
4.
Alternative histories
5.
Theory of Everything
6.
Choosing Our Universe
7.
visible miracles
8.
Great Design

Glossary of Terms
Acknowledgements
Translator's Note
index

The 21st century's "greatest" astrophysicist presented this idea in A Brief History of Time over 20 years ago:
The near-ultimate answer to the ultimate question about the universe and life.

In "The Grand Design," Stephen Hawking has engulfed the world's scientists and religious leaders in a heated debate by asserting that "God did not create the universe." The book has also captivated general readers, reaching number one on Amazon's bestseller list as soon as it was published.
Richard Dawkins, a leading biologist who has already lost ground to creationism in favor of evolution, welcomed the publication of this book, which supports his (atheistic) views.
He said Hawking was "attempting a decisive blow" that could end the debate about the existence of God.

“God did not create the universe.” - The London Times
When did the universe begin? Why are we here now? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned to allow the existence of life like ours? Does the visible "Grand Design" of the universe present itself as evidence of a benevolent Creator who created and operates all things, or does science offer alternative explanations? Fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and life, once the domain of philosophy and theology, have now become the province of "science."
In The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking, who is “acknowledged” as the greatest “scientist” of the 21st century, explains recent scientific achievements on this issue in a clear and simple way that even ordinary people can understand.


In The Grand Design, Hawking, along with Mlodinow, uses quantum theory as an explanatory tool to argue that the universe does not have a single history, but rather all possible histories simultaneously.
They shook up the concept of causality by applying quantum theory to the entire universe.
But Hawking, in his unique approach, explains that the fact that the past has no fixed form means that history did not create us, but rather that we create history by observing the past.
Furthermore, we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the original universe.
And quantum theory predicts a “multiverse,” the idea that our universe is just one of many universes, each having different laws of nature, arising spontaneously from “nothing.”
Hawking also predicts in The Grand Design that string theory, based on quantum theory that assumes not one universe but multiple universes (multiverse), will bring about the ultimate triumph of human reason in pursuing questions about the origin and existence of the universe and life.
M-theory can be the unified theory that Einstein pursued.
Some of the atoms that make up “me” have traveled a very long way from the early universe to find me here now.
In this concise and “elegant” book, Hawking ultimately attempts to answer the question of whether the universe and life were created by God or whether they arose spontaneously by the laws of nature.

Hawking applies the model-dependent concept of reality, which he hopes we can discover, to our existing notion of “reality.”
And by proposing M-theory based on string theory as the law that governs us and the universe, it is being touted as the only candidate for a perfect “theory of everything.”


By deeply exploring and synthesizing recent theories about the universe, this book is brimming with new ideas and will serve as an excellent tool for understanding Hawking's challenging logic as well as modern physics.
Concise, captivating, and vivid illustrations convey Hawking's thoughts even more beautifully, and this book will fundamentally "revolutionize" our understanding and way of thinking about the universe and life, opening up a new perspective.