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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
It was very hard for me to rate a book I didn't understand half of (at least). I have also read A Brief History of Time, and very little remaied that I could grasp...
This is not a book for lay people like me (or maybe I just don't have enough gray cells remaining).
At one point, he explains what an ellipsis is. I started laughing. No one who doesn't know what an ellipsis is would have gotten that far into the book
This is not a book for lay people like me (or maybe I just don't have enough gray cells remaining).
At one point, he explains what an ellipsis is. I started laughing. No one who doesn't know what an ellipsis is would have gotten that far into the book
informative
fast-paced
I listened to the audio version done for NLS and it is my first time with a Hawking book. It was very interesting to hear theories that I haven't really pondered and hear some things I have. I think it's a nice and quick introduction into the world of origin theories. It has given me the boost to delve deeper.
This book covered interesting topics, but the text was so littered with weird interjections to make the book seem approachable that it was maddening. It felt somehow overly dumbed-down and condescending at the same time.
I would fetch you some examples but I'm relieved to be free of it.
I would fetch you some examples but I'm relieved to be free of it.
I'm not sure who the target audience for this book is. On one hand the book makes attempts at humor to seem approachable, but on the other hand it does not actually do much to make the information approachable.
Those with enough background and mastery of the terminology and concepts probably wouldn't reach for such a "basic" book. And those without are seeking real-life, concrete examples to make the new terms and concepts less abstract.
Here's an example of an example from the book: "Imagine a two-dimensional plane." Really?
Those with enough background and mastery of the terminology and concepts probably wouldn't reach for such a "basic" book. And those without are seeking real-life, concrete examples to make the new terms and concepts less abstract.
Here's an example of an example from the book: "Imagine a two-dimensional plane." Really?
I would like to say kalau buku ini mewakili perjalanan mengikuti mata kuliah peminatan tentang lahirnya jagat raya seperti kosmologi, astrofisika, dan relativitas umum. Entah 3 atau 2 sks dengan 16kali pertemuan lumayan buat mual melihat cacing-cacing kosmik lol.
Buku hawking dengan buku kuliah yang bersangkutan perbedaannya ada di penyampaian yang ringkas dan to the point, tidak ada rumus, dan timelinenya juga runtut.
untuk orang yang masih berusaha open sama pemikiran saintis yang ego seperti saya, aku harus menyampaikan bahwa ilmu/teori/pengetahuan itu dinamis. and its okay to change your perspective when you know the new one.
“Nobody understands quantum mechanics.” - Rick Feynman
Buku hawking dengan buku kuliah yang bersangkutan perbedaannya ada di penyampaian yang ringkas dan to the point, tidak ada rumus, dan timelinenya juga runtut.
untuk orang yang masih berusaha open sama pemikiran saintis yang ego seperti saya, aku harus menyampaikan bahwa ilmu/teori/pengetahuan itu dinamis. and its okay to change your perspective when you know the new one.
“Nobody understands quantum mechanics.” - Rick Feynman
Accessible and generally clear in its explanations of theories.
Really brief, without the detail of his previous (and similar books), if that is what folks are looking for. And it updates his previous book with new data/discoveries since then (which is great if you have read his previous works). Overall recommend to a general audience.
Hawking knew this book would be his last, so he pulls no punches (not that he ever did, but this time he is much more explicit about God). So if you are a religious person of any vein who does not wish to challenge that, then I guess "general audience" is not the best term. I say this without any malice or sarcasm. Example:
"The scientific determinism that Laplace formulated is the modern scientist’s answer to question two. It is, in fact, the basis of all modern science, and a principle that is important throughout this book. A scientific law is not a scientific law if it holds only when some supernatural being decides not to intervene. Recognizing this, Napoleon is said to have asked Laplace how God fit into this picture. Laplace replied: “Sire, I have not needed that hypothesis.""
Hawking knew this book would be his last, so he pulls no punches (not that he ever did, but this time he is much more explicit about God). So if you are a religious person of any vein who does not wish to challenge that, then I guess "general audience" is not the best term. I say this without any malice or sarcasm. Example:
"The scientific determinism that Laplace formulated is the modern scientist’s answer to question two. It is, in fact, the basis of all modern science, and a principle that is important throughout this book. A scientific law is not a scientific law if it holds only when some supernatural being decides not to intervene. Recognizing this, Napoleon is said to have asked Laplace how God fit into this picture. Laplace replied: “Sire, I have not needed that hypothesis.""
As great a book as A Brief History of Time, except for one thing: Hawking almost lost me when he blurted early in the book that philosophy was dead and useless. He gave fantastic background and detail to support everything else in this book except that odd statement.