Stephen hawkings theory about the universe

Stephen Hawking was no stranger to asking and answering big questions throughout his life, but 20 years before his passing, he had turned his mind to arguably the most fundamental question: how had the universe developed in such a way that it could be “fine-tuned” for life?

When cosmologist Thomas Hertog met Hawking at Cambridge University in June 1998, forging a relationship that would last until the great physicist’s passing in March 2018, Hawking had realized that the theory of the Big Bang he had put forward in his book A Brief History of Timewas flawed, according to Hertog.

Hawking was looking for a better theory, a theory of cosmic evolution.

This quest to crack cosmic design led Hawking and his collaborator, Hertog, on a theoretical journey back to the very beginning of the universe, the Big Bang, through a multiverse burgeoning with universes replete with their own physical laws