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Related: About this forumStephen Hawking's Final Theory of the Universe Has Been Published
The famed physicist reworked some of his old ideas.
By David Grossman
May 2, 2018
Stephen Hawking isn't done yet. The brilliant physicist, who died in March after one of the most extraordinary careers of the century, co-authored a new theory about the origins of the universe released by Cambridge today.
The theory, co-authored with Thomas Hertog of the Belgian university KU Leven, uses string theory develop an idea of a cosmic origin, a departure from Hawking's earlier ideas of a "no boundary" universe, or the idea that space existed without time before the Big Bang and therefore the universe has no beginning. The new theory, according to Hawking and Herzog, is that the universe is "finite and reasonably smooth."
Now were saying that there is a boundary in our past, says Hertog in a press statement.
However, Hawking and Hertog's new theory is still skeptical of the Big Bang. The scientists were critical of an idea known as "eternal inflation." Eternal inflation is the theory that even though the universe isn't still growing at the same rate it did at the beginning of time, growth still occurs, starting from that boundary, and will continue infinitely.
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a20123865/stephen-hawkings-final-theory-of-the-universe-has-been-published/
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Stephen Hawking's Final Theory of the Universe Has Been Published (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
May 2018
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