Did world famous theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking (8 January, 1942 – 14 March, 2018) change his view on time?
Thomas Hertog, cosmologist in KU Leuven University, Belgium, said he did.
Hertog worked with Hawking since 2002 till his death in 2018. He says they both finally agreed that the Universe is self-organising is the correct perspective as against the one that physical laws had prior existence.
In other words, some of the laws of Physics co-evolved with the Universe.
This is coming in a new book: “On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking’s final theory,” five years after Stephen Hawking’s death.
The laws of nature are written in Mathematics.
Space and time were born together from the Big Bang about 13.7 billion years ago. Our Universe probably, came from a multiverse. But one is hit by a singularity trying to go back in time till that point. The origin of time becomes illusory.
Once upon a time, there was no time. The Universe was not made in time but with time.
The Big Bang does not have a cause because there is no prior time available for causality to be possible, said Hawking.
In a meeting on cosmology in the 1981 Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican, Stephen Hawking said the Universe had no moment of creation and is part of a multiverse.
According to Hertog, Stephen Hawking changed his mind: “The Universe appears designed. Why is it so?” In the 2016 Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican, he actually said there might be a moment of creation afterall.
He told Hertog, ‘I have changed my mind. “A Brief History of Time” was written with the wrong perspective. We are not angels viewing the Universe from outside.’
But, the Universe appeared designed for life, does not necessarily, mean there must be a designer. One thing was clear to Stephen Hawking: The laws of Physics evolved to make the Universe fit for life.
Hawking agreed with the Inflation theory that the very early Universe expanded exponentially but, not to form a multiverse.
This new book challenges our understanding and assumptions about a multiverse and our own Universe.
Published by Penguin Random House, it waa launched on April 6, 2023. The cover price is £16.99.
The latest views of Stephen Hawking updates his work: “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes” which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide since publication in 1988.
Stephen Hawking is also remembered for his work on Black Holes and showing that they can be detected, even when unseen, because they emit radiation which can be measured.
