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by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Miodinow
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deborahmarkus7
deborahmarkus7 rated it 11 years ago
If you're thinking of reading A Brief History of Time, read this first. At least if you're a total civilian, which I am. My son and I read this together. We did have to hit the Internet pretty hard a few times to get clarification on some critical points; but all in all, this is a well-written, acce...
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it 15 years ago
Stephen Hawking's explanations of physics and the mathematics attached thereto were far more useful to me than anything I learned at school. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to those interested in having a layman's understanding of quantum mechanics, string theory and other scientific discoveri...
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it 16 years ago
This is the new version of the book once called the most widely-owned book no one's ever read. And it's pretty thick stuff. I think there are other authors - Greene's "Elegant Universe" comes to mind - who do a better job explaining these tough concepts than Hawking does.Keep in mind, though, that...
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