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Collector s Edition with Audiobook read by the AuthorStephen Hawking is widely believed to be one of the world s greatest minds: a brilliant theoretical physicist whose work helped to reconfigure models of the universe and to redefine what s in it. Imagine sitting in a room listening to Hawking discuss these achievements and place them in historical context. It would be like hearing Christopher Columbus on the New World.Hawking presents a series of seven lec-tures covering everything from big bang to black holes to string theory that capture not only the brilliance of Hawking s mind but his characteristic wit as well. Of his research on black holes, which absorbed him for more than a decade, he says, It might seem a bit like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar. Hawking begins with a history of ideas about the universe, from Aristotle s determination that the Earth is round to Hubble s discovery, over 2000 years later, that the universe is expanding. Using that as a launching pad, he explores the reaches of modern physics, including theories on the origin of the universe (e.g., the big bang), the nature of black holes, and space-time.
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Very interesting lectures from the one and only Stephen Hawking. But these topics are explained with more detail in his book a brief history of time.
It's ironic that a book on Theory of Everything is of less than 130 pages. But the author does an excellent job of covering various personalities & their theories of the last 2000 years.
But this book is a tough read for a non-physics enthusiast. It covers so many concepts & theories without detailing all of them; and for the better of it or else this book would have been more difficult to understand. I had to read about some concepts from elsewhere to make sure that I did not get lost.
The writing style of the author is witty, he takes a linear storytelling approach which simplifies the reading, and in most places gives simple examples to understand difficult concepts. Loved the arguments on the role of God in creating/destroying universe.
Definitely worth a 2nd read!!!
Unlike the title suggests, it's not a biography like the movie ... just a series of awesome lectures by Sir Baba Hawking ...