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therealkaiser's review against another edition
4.0
Heady, but useful to know. And you can trust its source.
jrice92's review against another edition
4.0
Short non-fiction read whilst I descide what to read next.
I've wanted to read a Stephen Hawking book for a while and wasn't disappointed, I have to admit I only have a passing interest in science (mainly the fun space stuff) but as this was a short book it felt like the right size.
I'd recommend The Grand Design to anyone wanting to try something new, it's a quick read (I did half on my Kindle and half Audio book). If you have no interest in science, this isn't for you (obviously).
I've wanted to read a Stephen Hawking book for a while and wasn't disappointed, I have to admit I only have a passing interest in science (mainly the fun space stuff) but as this was a short book it felt like the right size.
I'd recommend The Grand Design to anyone wanting to try something new, it's a quick read (I did half on my Kindle and half Audio book). If you have no interest in science, this isn't for you (obviously).
spectracommunist's review against another edition
4.0
It is a definitely a mind blowing stuff.
#1. The Mystery of Being
The M-theory as unification, the Mercator Projection and the questions of not 'how' but 'why'
#2. The Rule of Law
Mythologies & Ancient Philosophy. The Ionian Science as the base of all mysteries.
#3. What is Reality?
The Possible Distortion. In the figments of dreams.The Model dependent Quantum Mechanics.The Superposition Theory.
#4. Alternative Histories
The Double Slit Experiment as everything of quantum theory.Every Possible Histories of an event.Probability Amplitudes.The Sum over Histories.
#5. The Theory of Everything
Electricity-Magnetism.The Luminiferous Ether Drag.Time Relation & Warps.Space Distortion.Quantum Field Theory.Feynman Diagrams.Renormalization. Asymptotic Freedom of Quarks.Supergravity. The p-branes.Solutions of M-theory.
#6. Choosing our Universe
Expansion.Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. Space Warps. Quantum Multiverse.no-boundary conditions.
#7. The Apparent Miracle
Eccentricities.The Anthropic Principles
#8. The Grand Design
The 'Game of Life'. Blinkers & Gliders as self growing artificial intelligence.
Besides Prof. Stephen Hawking has a great sense of humour..
#1. The Mystery of Being
The M-theory as unification, the Mercator Projection and the questions of not 'how' but 'why'
#2. The Rule of Law
Mythologies & Ancient Philosophy. The Ionian Science as the base of all mysteries.
#3. What is Reality?
The Possible Distortion. In the figments of dreams.The Model dependent Quantum Mechanics.The Superposition Theory.
#4. Alternative Histories
The Double Slit Experiment as everything of quantum theory.Every Possible Histories of an event.Probability Amplitudes.The Sum over Histories.
#5. The Theory of Everything
Electricity-Magnetism.The Luminiferous Ether Drag.Time Relation & Warps.Space Distortion.Quantum Field Theory.Feynman Diagrams.Renormalization. Asymptotic Freedom of Quarks.Supergravity. The p-branes.Solutions of M-theory.
#6. Choosing our Universe
Expansion.Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. Space Warps. Quantum Multiverse.no-boundary conditions.
#7. The Apparent Miracle
Eccentricities.The Anthropic Principles
#8. The Grand Design
The 'Game of Life'. Blinkers & Gliders as self growing artificial intelligence.
Besides Prof. Stephen Hawking has a great sense of humour..
deepkiwireader's review against another edition
5.0
Insightful to understand the laws that govern the universe. Complex topics were made easy to digest through humours analogies and simple experiments.
Fully recommend to anyone who wants to understand the probabilistic nature of the universe.
Fully recommend to anyone who wants to understand the probabilistic nature of the universe.