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Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

patbfer's review against another edition

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4.0

An amazing book to read with patience and will, but it's something that will cherish your soul and mind with questions, answers and the idea of how tiny we are compared with the infinitude of our universe. The humorous approach to these "boring" topics also helps to bring a very different light to all the big questions of the world. A must-read book for curious minds.

limpfingser's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

dorsahajizadeh's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.75

solveiiig's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective

3.0

verawalter's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.0

honnari_hannya's review against another edition

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2.0

Interesting, but not super accessible if you don't already have exposure to the subjects at hand. It also meandered quite a bit through Stephen Hawking's personal experience and the facts of the matter. Normally I would enjoy this discursive way of presenting answers to "Big Questions," but I felt that a lot of the personal anecdotes were only there for fluff, while the scientific part of it was either glossed over or not given much thought at all.

thomina's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

cinnamonfox's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

De mult timp vreau să citesc o carte semnată de Stephen Hawking, și cum randomizerul meu a ales volumul acesta ca următorul meu ebook, prima carte terminată în mai a fost Brief Answers To The Big Questions. Mi-a plăcut mult vocea narativă și modul în care autorul discută subiectele propuse: e posibilă călătoria în timp? există o entitate supremă, acolo undeva, care ne veghează și ghidează? vom călători vreodată dincolo de sistemul nostru solar? Au fost câteva aspecte care personal nu m-au interesat - cum ar fi menționarea de prea multe ori, din punctul meu de vedere, a unui politician, cumva lucrul ăsta nu se plia pe subiectul capitolului. Mai e și aspectul că informația din carte e pe alocuri sumbră de-a binelea: cum zice și autorul, științei nu-i pasă de sentimentele umane, ci doar de fapte.
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firedew's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

wine_and_dine's review

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challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

Has dry humour and lots of scientific knowledge dumbed down making the theories and concepts easy to read and extremely interesting, with lots of metaphors to make complex statements easily understandable (for dummies like me who don't understand physics).

Also convinced me of the possible existence of a god due to the sheer amount of paradox's (and simply the existence of the uncertainty principle) in the universe.