Origin of universe as quantum fluctuation?

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From: Kenneth Tolman
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 20:24

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  I am looking for actual specific references to the idea that the start
of the universe may have been a quantum fluctuation.  I seem to recall
Hawking making some such statement. 
  Or then again, maybe it was something I read on a fortune cookie....
Any comments or sources I could seek out?

Thanks a fifteen billion,

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