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01-19-2003, 04:59 AM | #1 |
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A universe in a nutshell! I just can't understand this book!!
I love this book! A ll thepictures of the universe, the problam is I can only understand about half half of it so any of you that have read this book, discuss it!! I might catch on and learn something!!
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01-19-2003, 10:08 AM | #2 |
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I think I got about half way through before I said "forget about it"! It was worse than the first chapter of the Silmarillion!
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01-19-2003, 11:26 PM | #3 |
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I've read through bits and pieces of this book, and I understand what I read, though I haven't retained much. He leaves out all the math, so it isn't so daunting to me. Words I can handle, numbers I can't.
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01-21-2003, 03:14 AM | #4 |
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Really? I thought it was rather too simplistic.
He barely touched on any of the science. It felt like I was reading a book made for two year olds. (present company excepted, of course).
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01-28-2003, 10:07 AM | #5 |
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Wayfarer....
I haven't heard of this. Is it similar to A Brief History of Time? I really liked that book. Who's the author of this nutshell thing?
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01-28-2003, 10:16 AM | #6 |
Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood
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Stephen Hawking put it all together.
It basically explains some of the universe, y'know, black-holes, 5th dimensions, time travel into the future and past, that type of thing. |
01-29-2003, 12:58 AM | #7 |
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The thing that bugged me is that hawking simply repeats the history of the theory up to this date, and then adds his own spin on it. It seemed a little to much like self-aggredizement for my liking. And honestly, it whas less than two hundred pages long. That's not much content.
My main dislike stems from the fact that it's just the basics. I know about everything that blackboar listed, and have for years. I don't need someone like hawking to hold my hand and walk me through the simple stuff. I would suggest instead that you read Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne (with bits by Hawking). It's much more comprehensive and very enlightening.
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