Hawking's quantum universe

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Hawking\'s quantum universe

Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking may speak out on global warming and space settlement as well as string theory, but his reputation really rests on his work on the frontiers of space, time and black holes. For scientists, then, the real buzz is over his latest research paper, which asserts that our universe is actually the result of fuzzy quantum interference involving a multitude of possibilities - including, just for instance, universes where Hawking rules the world

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/06/23/654.aspx

The article is a couple of years old, but gives some interesting perspective.