A Briefer History of Time
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From One of the Most Brilliant Minds of Our Time
Comes a Book that Clarifies His Most Vital Thoughts
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, remains one of the landmark volumes in scientific writing of our time. But for years readers have questioned for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the scenery of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future of the universe.
Professor Hawking’s response is this new work that will guide nonscientists everywhere in the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.…
Although “briefer,” this book is much more than a mere explanation of Hawking’s earlier work. A Briefer History of Time both clarifies and expands on the fantastic subjects of the original, and records the latest developments in the meadow—from string theory to the search for a unified theory of all the forces of physics. Thirty-seven full-color illustrations enhance the text and make A Briefer History of Time an exhilarating and must-have addition in its own right to the fantastic literature of science and thoughts.
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There are a lot of theories in this book and no imagination. Because Mr. Hawking has a lot of complex math equations that make small sense to any one but his fellow math followers why dose that make him an power on anything.
Secondly I would argue that black holes are givers of life not takers they make room in the limited amount of space in the galaxy for additional solar systems to exist. The essential predator, scavenger they kill indiscriminately just like any lion or wolf and slowly disappear that energy back into the universe. Reflect about it for a second most of your really huge black holes are in the center of the galaxy and that is where all the action in the galaxy is. Lacking Black holes the galaxy would be nothing but huge bodies slamming into each additional even all the way out here on the edge of the galaxy where we are. Not only that but it has been proven for a long time that if your at a right angle you can easily survive very close to a black hole. This would be a huge benefit for any solar system you would not have to worry about stray comets and asteroids like we do. But it takes imagination to see things like this something Mr. Hawking and his math club lack.
There are additional, how in the world would he know these things in this book. For instance the theory that man can not travel quicker than the speed of light if Mr. Hawking was as much a student of history as he claims. He would know that in the history of automobile travel it was once believed that of you went too quick in a car you would die. And this was a widely accepted scientific theory at the time. Theoretical Physics and Math will only get you so far the only way to find out is to do. This book should have been called “A Fleeting History of Sometimes Useful Theories” sense that is what it is and these theories hold no more weight than anyone else’s theories including yours.
Eric
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This book tackles the hard task of trying to synthesize all that is known about physics into something that can be read on the beach. While it does this surprisingly well (at the expense of any in-depth discussions of any of the topics), there was an error in something very minor that tainted my ability to appreciate the book overall — because in the back of my mind I kept thinking if something so minor was incorrect, what about the major statements?
The problem? While discussing time travel, the book credits Steven Spielberg with the movie “Back to the Future”, which was in fact directed by Robert Zemeckis. While Spielberg was indeed the executive producer for the movie, this would be the same as referring to “The Godfather” as being a film by Rosy (as a replacement for of Francis Ford Coppola), or more ironically thinking of Spielbergs’ “Jaws” as being done by Zanuck and Brown.
And in writing this review, I used the pointer to look up the Spielberg reference in the book — and the pointer points to the incorrect page. I guess this points up the fact that no matter the caliber of the leader, excellent editors are still in fleeting supply…
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I have the utmost respect for Mr Hawking’s theory’s and his ability to question his own theory’s, this book was a fantastic read and I would recommend it to anyone interested in time and stuff.
Time for instance it was years ago that I was taught how to use firearms by my father and Grandfather. They were both very strict and would regularly yell obscenities when I would aim the gun towards any where but the ground away from them. My Grandfather was a wildlife protector (game warden) back in the early thirties at Lake Mattamuskeet in North Carolina. Game wardens were not well received back then, they being a new branch of government control and what right did they have to make them buy a license to hunt for waterfowl? LakeMattamuskeet to this day is a very remote and rural area, so new thoughts are not snapped up like in New York or Kokomo. As I was adage whenever I was holding a rummage though, my grandfather would chastise me regularly, he had been shot by manufacturing accident in his life so he took firearms seriously, people are careless he was careless so he bore a scare on his leg and shoulder from mistakes. He instilled in me a deep respect that makes me a nervous wreck when I am around people who have a firearm and handle it with small caution. This reminds me of the ancient adage … You can give and infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of firearms and eventually one of them will not shoot himself or colleague.
Well I have a few problems with this theory….
1. Who counts the monkeys to make sure they are infinite in numbers.
2. Where does on keep an infinite number of monkeys with firearms. Planet would pile up with them pretty quick, the final frontier would have to be utilized. Space suits would be required and modified firearms that would fire in a vacuum not to mention lacking the benefit of oxygen to place a match to the gunpowder.
3.You would need and infinite number of banana trees to feed the monkeys, which would require an infinite amount of arable land and workers to cultivate and ship to the monkeys their dietary needs.
4. Where are the monkeys to throw their scat, a really advanced sanitary system would be needed to deal with all the monkey pitching.
5.So we need an infinite number of space suits, referees to document whether a monkey is injured, an infinite number of rifles for the monkeys and lanyards so they would not loose them in space while they slept.
6. There would need to be an infinite number of begetting monkeys to produce the infinite number of monkeys..
7. I have nearly an infinite number of question regarding this theory, but do not have the time or space…
In conclusion I still respect Mr Hawkings theory’s , but I do marvel if he has avoided the Spiraling Monkey Theory in Infinite Space. These are questions that need to be questioned, which I just did so now these are questions I want to be answered.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This book shows the deep confusion in the current understanding of the cosmos. Entities like dark matter, dark energy, strings and many additional oddities of modern science are discussed in one incomplete picture of the universe. Scenery cannot be that whimsical and intricate. It has to be counterintuitive and simple in its basic terms. If you are looking for an elegant and perfect picture of the universe then you may read Eugene Savov’s Theory of Interaction the Simplest Explanation of Everything. Theory of interaction reveals the origin of the universe, space bodies and mind in terms of establish patterns of unifying interaction.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I ordered this product for a friend, so I didn’t personally read it. It arrived in a timely way.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5