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The title is a little deceiving ... the theories aren't all by Stephen Hawking. But this book takes some very complicated ideas and makes them almost understandable.
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Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained
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Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has sold over 9 million copies worldwide. Now, in everyday language, Stephen Hawking's Universe reveals step-by-step how we can all share his understanding of the cosmos, and our own place within it. Stargazing has never been the same since cosmologists discovered that galaxies are moving away from each other at an extraordinary speed. It was this understanding of the movement of galaxies that allowed scientists to develop a theory of how the universe was created—the Big Bang theory. Working with this theory, Stephen Hawking and other physicists felt challenged to come up with a scientific picture that would tackle the fundamental question: what is the nature of the universe? Stephen Hawking's Universe charts this work and provides simple explanations for phenomena that arouse our curiosity. This work is a voyage of discovery with an astonishing set of conclusions that will enable us to understand how matter can be produced from nothing at all and will provide us with an explanation for the basis of our existence and that of everything around us.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1997
This edition
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304 pages, Paperback
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October 9, 1998 by Basic Books
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9780465081981
- ASIN
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0465081983
- Language
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English
About the author
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David Filkin is the producer of Stephen Hawking's Universe in collaboration with the independent production company Uden Associates. He is a science documentary maker of international repute and was until 1994 head of BBC Television's Science Department. He lives in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England.
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For all science nerds out there - here is something I could understand and it has lots of pictures. Hawking can explain something so complex and make it meaningful. I kept thinking, "Oh - so that's why."
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Very little in this book about Stephen Hawking or his work. Most of the book is about the history of cosmology. I was surprised by how little about Stephen Hawking and his work was in this book
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This is a fabulous bok. It explains the most complex theories and ideas presented by modern physics using language that the average reader can comprehend. If you thought you could never understand Relativity and Qauntum Mehchanics, Think again!
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Really liked the basic explanations but felt the author fabricated too much religious/political connection to science.
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A companion book for the BBC series. I read this book to accompany/to inform my reading of A Brief History of Time. I had tried to read A Brief history before and got stuck on the black hole chapters. I found this book at a a re-sale shop and bought it with the hope that it would make my reading of the other easier. It has.
Although Hawkings writes simply in his book, his style is still academic and dry. Stephen Hawking's Universe is written in the language like the language used on the television show, more relaxed. The relaxed writing made the difference for me.
I am reading A Brief History of Time for a reading club I have joined: Reading for Pleasure.
Although Hawkings writes simply in his book, his style is still academic and dry. Stephen Hawking's Universe is written in the language like the language used on the television show, more relaxed. The relaxed writing made the difference for me.
I am reading A Brief History of Time for a reading club I have joined: Reading for Pleasure.
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