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sardine164's review against another edition
2.0
I found this difficult to understand.
The critiques and reviews of this book here on Goodreads are quite interesting and worth reading.
(I can't help thinking of the line from Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy: "God vanishes in a puff of logic".)
The critiques and reviews of this book here on Goodreads are quite interesting and worth reading.
(I can't help thinking of the line from Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy: "God vanishes in a puff of logic".)
shaunireads1's review against another edition
3.0
This book was a little too esoteric for me to completely grasp, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more if I had a stronger physics background. Not a book for the average reader, that's for sure!
brew_and_books's review against another edition
3.0
“It is hard to imagine how free will can operate if our behavior is determined by physical
law, so it seems that we are no more than biological machines and that free will is just an
illusion.”
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.
If you are one into science and the universe, this is what you need to read right away. It is yet
another mindblowing book by Hawking after “A Brief History of Time”. The most recent
scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe is presented in language marked by
both simplicity and brilliance. It examines the multiverse, top-down theory of cosmology
and the 11-dimension M theory.
You might refrain from this book if you are a typical fiction person because this is
all about science, yeah, in fact, what we call “Parallel-Universe-thing”.
law, so it seems that we are no more than biological machines and that free will is just an
illusion.”
.
.
If you are one into science and the universe, this is what you need to read right away. It is yet
another mindblowing book by Hawking after “A Brief History of Time”. The most recent
scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe is presented in language marked by
both simplicity and brilliance. It examines the multiverse, top-down theory of cosmology
and the 11-dimension M theory.
You might refrain from this book if you are a typical fiction person because this is
all about science, yeah, in fact, what we call “Parallel-Universe-thing”.
butterfly2507's review against another edition
5.0
Einfach nur wundervoll! Kann es jedem empfehlen der sich für Physik interessiert :)
rebeccacider's review against another edition
4.0
I learned a lot of interesting things in this book and appreciated the book's inquiry into profound cosmological questions, but hats off to any non-specialist who understands the last three pages (you know, the one where the authors sum up the answer to life, the universe, and everything in an oddly cursory fashion).
In general I prefer my popular nonfiction to give me a snapshot of the state of an academic discipline rather than promoting specific theories, but physicists, what can you do.
I also thought Hawking and Mlodinow could have done a better job steering readers away from Wrong Ideas and general confusion that could arise from multiverse theory (like, do all those histories of a photon EXIST in the same way that multiple universes are proposed to exist? If observing the photon selects its history, what about humans observing the universe? I don't know whether these are sensible questions to ask but I'm sure I'm not the only reader who wondered about them.)
In general I prefer my popular nonfiction to give me a snapshot of the state of an academic discipline rather than promoting specific theories, but physicists, what can you do.
I also thought Hawking and Mlodinow could have done a better job steering readers away from Wrong Ideas and general confusion that could arise from multiverse theory (like, do all those histories of a photon EXIST in the same way that multiple universes are proposed to exist? If observing the photon selects its history, what about humans observing the universe? I don't know whether these are sensible questions to ask but I'm sure I'm not the only reader who wondered about them.)
katelynashford's review against another edition
4.0
A beautiful look into the building blocks of our universe, from the infinitesimal to the infinite.