false 3869 79 Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic <I>A Brief History of Time</I> to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is <I>deep</I> science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." <I>--Therese Littleton</I> 2192250 book 1988 A Brief History of Time total:7790|5:2495|4:3262|3:1709|2:275|1:49| 7790 31249 11404 714 4 8 false false Tue Sep 09 12:28:43 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 12:38:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 5 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 16:02:40 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 06:50:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Sat Dec 08 16:03:43 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 16:14:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 5 false false Thu Aug 30 10:57:26 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 11:10:17 -0700 2007
Where Hawking fails, in my opinion, is his hubris. He proceeds in to the realm of metaphysics and religion in several porti...more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 07:23:16 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 07:24:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 09:49:34 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 20:41:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Jun 22 00:37:31 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 00:59:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 03 18:29:24 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 24 10:12:47 -0800 2009
Overall, this book was pretty good, but I guess the biggest problem I had with it was that Hawking never real...more...]]> 5 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jul 08 17:22:33 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 00:54:13 -0700 2008
It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination.

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I've always been the type of person who likes to daydream about the origin of the universe--(when I was younger, this was more like an obsession than a daydream)--so it was inevitable t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Jun 07 05:09:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 05:09:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Sep 08 06:20:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 06:25:14 -0700 2009
It is amazing the amount of theory and just ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:41:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 13:01:03 -0700 2009 A Brief History of Time may stick out more as something to show how insanely smart Stephen Hawking and other famous scientists and mathematicians are. Often while reading, one gets lost in the ideas presented and the possibilities th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 12:16:12 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 00:34:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 15:57:39 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 15:39:30 -0700 2009 This book is described as being written for Laymen, but the ideas presented seem to stretch beyond this. The a book is very interesting read, and the sections that I did fully understand were both informative and challenging. Very worthwhile read, especially for anyone studying Physics or any mathem...

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