Kate R. (nausetsunrise) reviewed A Brief History of Time : The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition on + 34 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I loved this book. It took me a long time to read because it (literally) made my brain hurt while reading it. The concepts are beyond my level of math, so they were challenging to my thinking. They are presented so that the average person can tackle quantum physics and subjects more complicated than the proverbial rocket science or brain surgery.
This is a great book, written very well, that brings the work of brilliant scientists to the "normal" person's life.
This is a great book, written very well, that brings the work of brilliant scientists to the "normal" person's life.
Kay R. (kayprime) reviewed A Brief History of Time : The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition on + 38 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Considering that I haven't taken a physics class since high shcool, I started this book expecting to follow only a minority of the information presented. However, Hawking does an excellent job explaining complex mathematical theories in the most basic of terms.
Even so, the book did require my undivided attention and still I couldn't follow every single idea. (For example: it was difficult for me to wrap my mind around imaginary time and to think in four dimensions.)
I absolutely loved this book (so much, in fact, that I read it twice) and can't wait to read more from Hawking. I recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the universe in which they live ranging from the extraordinarily vast (general theory of relativity) to the extraordinarily small (quantum mechanics) and the search for the Theory of Everything (uniting the two theories in a quantum theory of gravity).
Even so, the book did require my undivided attention and still I couldn't follow every single idea. (For example: it was difficult for me to wrap my mind around imaginary time and to think in four dimensions.)
I absolutely loved this book (so much, in fact, that I read it twice) and can't wait to read more from Hawking. I recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the universe in which they live ranging from the extraordinarily vast (general theory of relativity) to the extraordinarily small (quantum mechanics) and the search for the Theory of Everything (uniting the two theories in a quantum theory of gravity).
Laurel W. (StrawberryOES) -
This is a very interesting book, but it turned out to be a little above my knowledge of space and time. Stephen tries to keep it at a level that the common person can understand, but at times what he was saying was way beyond my comprehension. I read to the middle of the book and then just had to stop....hopefully someone will order this book who has more insight than me.
Frank M. (unshelved) reviewed A Brief History of Time : The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition on + 9 more book reviews
Started this, couldn't finish it, but hopefully it will find someone else who can actually make some headway.
Kathy S. reviewed A Brief History of Time : The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition on + 16 more book reviews
I could only ever get to chapter 5--after that it lost me. I used it a lot in airports when I didn't want to be talked to. I'd pretend I was deep in thought.
Frank F. reviewed A Brief History of Time : The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition on + 378 more book reviews
A bit hard to follow, but probably the clearest explanation of some difficult subjects about our universe, time, relativity.
