In the proof stage, I nearly cut that last sentence of the book. Had I done so, the sales might have been halved.
Black holes, cosmology
Referring to the last sentence of 'A Brief History of Time' ('Then we would know the mind of God')
Approx. 1988 (publication year of A Brief History of Time)
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