<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Certainly true the phrase. Reminds me of "Cosmic Evolution" by Eric Chaisson and "The Life of the Cosmos" by Lee Smolin.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you think about it, then it is obvious that new objects emerge in the universe in the course of time, and that new laws are required to describe them, based on their properties and symmetries.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-J.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Prof David West <profwest@fastmail.fm> </div><div>Date: 3/19/23 5:45 PM (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: friam@redfish.com </div><div>Subject: [FRIAM] Stephen Hawkings final theory </div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Just pre-ordered Hertog's, <i>On the Origin of Time</i>, that presents Stephen Hawking's "final" theory - summarized in the phrase: <i>"The laws of physics are not set in stone but are born and co-evolve as the universe they govern takes shape." </i>Should be a great read.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">davew<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>