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In this lecture, I will describe what I see as the framework for quantum cosmology, on the basis of M-theory. I shall adopt the no boundary proposal and shall argue that the anthropic principle is essential if one is to pick out a solution to represent our universe from the whole zoo of solutions allowed by M-theory.
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Hawking, S. (2001). The Future Of Quantum Cosmology. In: Crittenden, R.G., Turok, N.G. (eds) Structure Formation in the Universe. NATO Science Series C: (closed), vol 565. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0540-1_5
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