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Professor Stephen Hawking says there's no God in new book
Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time, who died in March, made the predictions in a collection of articles and essays
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A new book by Professor Stephen Hawking reveals the astrophysicist's hopes and fears for the future of humanity.
Prof Hawking has sparked controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy people choosing to edit their and their children’s DNA.
Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time, who died in March, made the predictions in a collection of articles and essays.
It features an introduction from actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Prof Hawking in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything .
Writing in The Telegraph , science editor Sarah Knapton quotes Hawking as saying: "We are each free to believe what we want, and it's my view that the simplest explanation is that there is no God.
(Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
"No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realisation: there is probably no heaven and afterlife either. I think belief in the afterlife is just wishful thinking.
"It flies in the face of everything we know in science. I think that when we die we return to dust.
"But there is a sense we live on, in our influence, and in the genes we pass to our children."
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Lucy Hawking, his daughter, spoke at its launch at the Science Museum on Monday.
Speaking to AFP , she said: It was very emotional. I turned away because I had tears forming.
"It feels sometimes like he's still here because we talk about him and hear his voice—and then we have the reminder that he's left us.
She also explained the aim of the book:
"He was deeply worried that at a time when the challenges are global, we were becoming increasingly local in our thinking.
"It's a call to unity, to humanity, to bring ourselves back together and really face up to the challenges in front of us."
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Professor Stephen Hawking says there's no God in new book
Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time, who died in March, made the predictions in a collection of articles and essays
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A new book by Professor Stephen Hawking reveals the astrophysicist's hopes and fears for the future of humanity.
Prof Hawking has sparked controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy people choosing to edit their and their children’s DNA.
Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time, who died in March, made the predictions in a collection of articles and essays.
It features an introduction from actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Prof Hawking in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything .
Writing in The Telegraph , science editor Sarah Knapton quotes Hawking as saying: "We are each free to believe what we want, and it's my view that the simplest explanation is that there is no God.
(Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
"No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realisation: there is probably no heaven and afterlife either. I think belief in the afterlife is just wishful thinking.
"It flies in the face of everything we know in science. I think that when we die we return to dust.
"But there is a sense we live on, in our influence, and in the genes we pass to our children."
Read More
Lucy Hawking, his daughter, spoke at its launch at the Science Museum on Monday.
Speaking to AFP , she said: It was very emotional. I turned away because I had tears forming.
"It feels sometimes like he's still here because we talk about him and hear his voice—and then we have the reminder that he's left us.
She also explained the aim of the book:
"He was deeply worried that at a time when the challenges are global, we were becoming increasingly local in our thinking.
"It's a call to unity, to humanity, to bring ourselves back together and really face up to the challenges in front of us."
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