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A review by vikingvisuals
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
3.0
I agree with other reviews that this book seems to target a specific audience. It starts off simple enough for a wide audience but with each chapter ramps up so quickly and briefly describing abstract concepts that it becomes hard to follow. Even for someone like myself with a great interest (but admitted lack of true mathematical/scientific understanding) in cosmology it was quite hard to follow one concept to the next.
Having said that if you are able to push through it, there is lots of truly interesting information. This newer edition provides also a appendix to update some of the ideas expressed in the later chapters and add new information regarding dark matter.
The book truly is brief: in a little over 200 pages practically the whole history of physics is presented. Personally I think that is what makes the book a little more challenging than one would initially expect.
Unfortunately the particular edition I was reading also made some illustrations or photos nearly impossible to understand or see given the black ink on rough paper. Perhaps other editions do not have this same problem.
Having said that if you are able to push through it, there is lots of truly interesting information. This newer edition provides also a appendix to update some of the ideas expressed in the later chapters and add new information regarding dark matter.
The book truly is brief: in a little over 200 pages practically the whole history of physics is presented. Personally I think that is what makes the book a little more challenging than one would initially expect.
Unfortunately the particular edition I was reading also made some illustrations or photos nearly impossible to understand or see given the black ink on rough paper. Perhaps other editions do not have this same problem.