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A Brief History of Time

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A Brief History of Time

By: Stephen Hawking
Narrated by: John Sackville
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?

These are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers.

It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the Big Bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theory. To this day A Brief History of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wonders.

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Critic reviews

"This book marries a child's wonder to a genius's intellect. We journey into Hawking's universe while marvelling at his mind." (The Sunday Times)

"Lively and provocative.... Mr. Hawking clearly possesses a natural teacher's gifts--easy, good-natured humor and an ability to illustrate highly complex propositions with analogies plucked from daily life." (The New York Times)
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Hawking is adept at visualising the most complex scenarios.
a brief history of time is a great insight into to the minds of our planets greatest thinkers.

opened my mind

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9 listens, I'm starting to get it.
Eases you in then at about chapter 9 it loses you.

Supurb

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Very well structured overview of all the topics related to relativity and space time. The first few chapters introduce the basic theories and show where they come from before getting into the deeper and more complex topics.

Even though I wasn't able to fully understand many of the theories, the book explains them well enough to grasp the concepts and be able to follow the reasoning and direction of the discussion. Probably another read through will expose the next level of understanding.

Overall a very interesting and enjoyable book.

Great overview of... everything

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I loved the book. Listen to it while running. Have a paper copy too. Never had the time to finish readong it but once it became available as audio, bought it and finished it asap and going back to it just know. Twice as a charm?! 🤣😎

Loved it!

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A very accessible introduction to a broad range of ideas in physics, not just the work of Stephen Hawking. He makes even the most bizarre ideas easy to understand with intuitive examples.

Great introduction to the world of physics

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Every day is a school day (or should be at least). Thank you Prof Hawking.

Educational

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This book covers many interesting topics, many of which go over my head. but good.

I'm not very intelligent

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this - not much more to say than that. It wasn' too hard to understand either

Thoroughly enjoyed

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I didn't understand the vast majority of it but I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.

complex and interesting

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I enjoyed the book describes the history of theories, dives into the most recent ones and the way it cross reference religion and philosophy. it's a great book to improve your internal picture of the world.

great overview of universe theories

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