Brief Answers to the Big Questions

I've gained a massive amount of respect towards Stephen Hawking after reading this.

I feel that one thing that this book does very well is that it reads like you were sitting next to Stephen Hawking and he would tell you this amazing story, somewhat like a teacher enthusiasticly explaining concepts to fresh students.

Physics is hard. You will want to pay a little extra attention through the first few chapters as they are focused on key physical concepts related to the universe. Stephen has a few witty jokes from now and then and they reflect the personality we've been accustomed to seeing on TV. In the second half it flows smoothly. It was really nice to read about how one idea led to the next one and the next one and so on and on here we are and these are currently the questions the scientists are asking in order to try and provide the answers to the big questions.

I believe it is a great book for people who rarery touch upon such complex subjects as the Big Bang, black holes, intelligence in the cosmos, artificial intelligence and a few others and want to grasp an overview of these matters. It will make you more confident around scientific subjects. It might even be a door-opener towards some of his other works.

There's absolutely no reason to dislike the book, however if you are aware about humanity's progress in science and technology for the past decades and are keeping track with the ideas discussed in our current times in these fields then this book will not take you very deep.
That is the magic of it, because it brings up big ideas in an accessible manner.

In an ever-faster moving world we rarely take time to consider the importance of our quest to answer such big questions that have followed us through space and time.