Brief History of Time (A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking)

Member Name: Gaven

Product:	A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Date:	09/11/09 (7 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fascinating

Disadvantages: Very challenging

Straight into it. Unless you've studied physics to quite a high level (degree) this is a challenging read. I appreciate that Prof. Hawking has described many of the concepts in it in what he would say were laymans terms, but it' s still a little on the tough side to visualise what he is talking about - especially later on, where he has made the assumption that you have completely understood and grasped what he talked about early on.

I challenge anyone to understand what the teapot in space and flying spagetti monster are first time around. They are concepts that the man in the street simply cannot understand without considerable effort.

Despite this, the book is worth persevering with. If it is something that you want to understand you'll find yourself re-reading it until you do understand.

It mainly covers the origin of the universe, but there are some interesting little sidelines in it such as whether or not time travel is physically possible, and what black holes actually are.

Well worth a read

Summary: Interesting but heavy going book