The book introduces contributions Stephen Hawking made to scientific world. The author tried to make the concepts understandable to someone having basic science background.

I missed reading more about Hawkings personal life, challenges. Hawking told the author that he feels he is lucky to have got ALS but still having sharp mind. But going deeper into his lifestyle is something I wanted to read more.

The book is good read to get general idea of Einstein theory of relativity, quantum physics and thermodynamics. All these were combined by Hawking.

Cant't remember what I read for even two minutes and decided to give up. Physics somehow go over my head.

Has all the information about cosmology that I ever want to know. I was impressed by the efforts of the researchers into this subject; I do not have high confidence in their conclusions. Maybe they are more or less right, maybe not.

The book is quite interesting because of two reasons. Firstly, it describes the history of such a difficult science as cosmology in a very detailed way but you don't need any special knowledge to understand it. You just read and see how understanding of the Universe has been changing through the 20th century. The book gives an opportunity to follow the greatest scientists in their fascinating investigations.
And secondly, in this book you see scientists as real men not ideal persons. You see that they were people with their weaknesses, as we are: they quarreled, made mistakes, some of them were conceited and other selflessly helped fellows and young talents.
This book definitely makes the world of science closer. The only disadvantage - it doesn't inspire. I don't know why: there are a lot of cool things in this book, but it doesn't make you love the Universe, doesn't show you how wonderful is the Universe. The book about Stephen Hawking must inspire, but it doesn't.

This book was very great.

Como todos saben, Stephen Hawking es una de las grandes de nuestra epoca. Lo que no mucha gente sabe sobre el es todos los problemas que supero a pesar de su enfermedad. Este libro me resulto bastante inspirador en ese sentido.
Pasando a la parte cientifica y menos romantica de la reseña, el libro me resulto facil de entender. Explica desarrollos matematicos y las conclusiones a las que llegaron los autores de manera muy logica y concisa.

ربما كان هذا واحداً من أسوأ الكتب ترجمة على الإطلاق، من المؤسف أن مجموعة رائعة مثل (أقدم لك) لم تجد من يعتني أكثر بمستوى ترجمتها.
على كل حال وبالرغم من كل شيء أتممت قراءة الكتاب. يمكن القول أني أصريت على قراءته بسبب الرسوم والشروح الرائعة وبالرغم من الترجمة السيئة.

This won’t help a student of physics or Quantum Mechanics, but for the average lay person, it is an interesting read, where perhaps you will understand a bit of the subjects discussed.

For me this book was more of an introduction to the science Stephen Hawking worked on than the individual himself. However I am not complaining since the science was introduced in one of the most interesting and easiest ways. Even with the author's skills of breaking down physics into simpler bits, I had trouble understanding some concepts completely (like the Anthropic Principle, No Boundary Proposal). The illustrations too worked for me unlike some of the other books in the Introducing series. Overall, I thought this to be one of the best introductions to the world of physics and of course, Stephen Hawking himself.

وداعا أيها العظيم، وداعا لتداعيات العقل والعبقرية بعدك

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If you are a person who had heard a lot about Stephen Hawking but was not able to read a single book written by him or written about him, this is the best book to start. This one will be a fascinating read for a starter who is new to the world of Stephen Hawking. This is one of my favorite books from the whole introducing series. It will give you the necessary foundation to read and understand more books written by him.

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