A review by authoraugust
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

5.0

Mind = blown. Thanks to this little book, my mind could finally wrap around concepts like a fourth dimension (shhhh, yes, I had trouble with that one), the very basics of quantum physics, and M-theory. This was a refreshing stop in my journey out of blind faith; it provided succinct, believable explanations for the phenomenon around me, while still admitting that of course it's not all figured out yet. Hawking and his writing partner (damned if I didn't already forget his name) do a great job of making this friendly, funny, and incredibly educational. If you're at all interested in science in an overview sense (it's probably an easy reader for people who have studied these subjects before), especially if you want to get excited about it in general, this is a fantastic introduction.