Stephen Hawking’s picture of the universe raises a number of ‘Big Questions’, about: its origin and our understanding of such things; time (and space); a grand unifying theory; the ‘Mind of God’. Is this picture and the answers it provides to the ‘Big Questions’ compelling? Is it true? Join us in this one day course and find out! Course Content The Big Questions: Hawking’s Universe Hawking and the "Mind of God" Hawking and the Theory of Everything Where to now? Course Outcomes under... [More]

Stephen Hawking’s new book The Grand Design raises many important questions, not all of which are answered satisfactorily. Some examples: how does the universe come into being? Does it need a creator? Is “being” mysterious? What is “reality” (in the post-quantum mechanics world)? Can one theory explain all the forces and the “fundamental numbers”? Are we at a critical point in the history of science? Can we “choose” our universe? Is there a “grand design”? And, if there is, would we... [More]