A Brief History of Time from the Big Bang to Black Holes (Paperback)

from Cecrow

For the most part I was following along, up to chapter seven or so. Then I encountered portions where my eyes glazed over and I had to skim the details, just trying to grasp the big picture. While the presentation is very good (especially in the illustrated edition), there's a lot here to retain....

from TheAmpersand

If your understanding of physics is limited to describing interactions between your coffee cup, the force of gravity, and your kitchen floor, "A Brief History of Time" is your kind of book about astrophysics. There's hardly any math in the book, and Hawking's prose is remarkably accessible. It's ...

from melydia

I finally finished this book. It's engaging, witty, and of course fascinating, but all the same I had to read it in spurts. Most of it was not new information, but it helped solidify a lot of concepts in my head through analogies plucked from real life. I'm still a tad shaky on string theory, but...

from JBD1

Glad I finally picked this up off the "to-read" shelf. There are a bunch more amusing asides than I expected, which were a nice surprise. I'm not sure Hawking gets the pitch right throughout the book (sometimes the level of technical detail is very low, sometimes it's very high) but overall it's ...

from Cecrow

For the most part I was following along, up to chapter seven or so. Then I encountered portions where my eyes glazed over and I had to skim the details, just trying to grasp the big picture. While the presentation is very good (especially in the illustrated edition), there's a lot here to retain....