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A review by literaryjunarin
A Brief History Of Time: From the Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
3.5
“We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?”
I bought this book because I was fascinated with black holes. The concept was explained in length but very simply without bombarding the reader with mathematical formulas. However, I am an idiot so I did not absorb anything. One point that stuck with me was Hawking said that even though black holes are known to draw anything that comes close and nothing, even light, can escape it, black holes actually emit something, radiation.
I had a hard time understanding his explanations of space, time, entropy, quantum mechanics, hmm, maybe most of it. HAHAHAHA.
I devoured chapter 3 The Expanding Universe even though I can't wrap my head around it.
And if you thought the universe was vast, you should know that it is still expanding.
I recommend this to really, truly, smart people, unlike me.
I bought this book because I was fascinated with black holes. The concept was explained in length but very simply without bombarding the reader with mathematical formulas. However, I am an idiot so I did not absorb anything. One point that stuck with me was Hawking said that even though black holes are known to draw anything that comes close and nothing, even light, can escape it, black holes actually emit something, radiation.
I had a hard time understanding his explanations of space, time, entropy, quantum mechanics, hmm, maybe most of it. HAHAHAHA.
I devoured chapter 3 The Expanding Universe even though I can't wrap my head around it.
And if you thought the universe was vast, you should know that it is still expanding.
I recommend this to really, truly, smart people, unlike me.