The Universe in a Nutshell, Stephen Hawking The Universe in a Nutshell is a 2001 book about theoretical physics by Stephen Hawking. It is generally considered a sequel and was created to update the public concerning developments since the multi-million-copy bestseller A Brief History of Time published in 1988. In it Hawking explains to a general audience various matters relating to the Lucasian professor's work, such as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and P-branes (part of superstring theory in q...

Stephen Hawking, stated in, " The Universe in a Nutshell" that our history is filled with infinite potentiality and what we "got” was due to disturbing the quantum field by our "observations." Profound, I thought, and pondered about his theory for months. To better understand Dr. Hawking's theory, I read everything on quantum physics I could understand and a pile of books on the brain, Bruce Hood's "The Self Illusion" was the most helpful. Below is what I believe correlates with Hawking's theory...

I’m not going to pretend that I understood most of it but he does raise a few thought-provoking points about the future of the human race. Plus it’s very well written.

First of all, I expected the Hawking's electronic voice for narrating the audiobook. Though it might sound silly, I'm more fond of his unique voice.After his international bestseller, A Brief History of Time in 80s, he wanted to propagandize the current frontier we're encountering but this time in a more brief way. The First two chapters serve as a prerequisite for proper understanding. Short but very well explained introductory concepts of Einstein-Relativity stuffs; Maybe because i used to rea...

Yes, I'm a dork, and in addition to reading grammar books for fun, I also read science books. I've been told that Stephen Hawking is not as complicated to read as one might assume. While I did learn a lot from this book, I also was left with a lot more questions. Furthermore, the illustrations were either confusing or totally unnecessary.

Now I read this book cover to cover, line-by-line, methodically going back over passages that were "challenging", line-by-line, got to the last page, closed the book and said out loud; "Nope, sorry Steve, you lost me there".

I was listening to the audiobook while I was doing another task and only stopped when I finished it. So I read it all in one sitting. It's one of those few books that I feel I might read it again someday. I like Stephen's writing, but for some reason I ended up liking '' A brief history of time'' better.

I really enjoyed A Brief History of Time and so was looking forward to The Universe in a Nutshell and its updated material. I was hoping it would be a "dumbed down" version of some of the high-end theoretical physics ideas that I haven't had the time or brain cells to keep up with.While I'm sure the content is dumbed down from Stephen Hawking's level, most of it is covered at a level and speed that kept it out of my comprehension. To be honest I find a lot of modern theories and ideas very skept...

This is not a book you can read on the bus to work, or if you just want to relax. This is not something easy to read. You can notice that Stephen tried his best to explain concepts that are by far not easy to explain. I had to read some of the pages multiple times, until I was almost sure that I understood at least some of the things that were explained. I know that this subject is not for everyone, but even if you grasp half of what this book contains, I believe you will have a much better unde...

Hawking is an exceedingly clear and occasionally quite funny writer, not easy when the topic is quantum physics, etc. I would be lying if I claimed to understand much of this book, especially in the audiobook format in which an exceedingly pleasant British voice hurls a flood of Hawking's words and concepts, one more challenging than the previous one. It might, repeat: might, have been possible to understand this material on a printed page, which in this case included a lot of nifty diagrams, on...

The purpose of science is not only to answer the most perplexing questions, but also to arouse curiosity in the mind of the readers about the universe. While many books on science do give valuable information, they fail to achieve the latter purpose, as mentioned earlier. This book however succeeds in achieving both.The Universe in a Nutshell is considered as a sequel to Hawking's previous bestseller, A Brief History of Time. The book, as the title suggests, discusses about the history and princ...

I really liked "A Brief History of Time" much more.While it isn't that bad (it's actually very good), in comparison with Brief History, it seems only to have many more illustrations and fewer thorough explanations.I understand that Hawking tried to write a popular science book with a branching non-linear structure without depending heavily on what has been said in the previous chapters, but I don't think that's actually possible. At least I honestly doubt it could be done without losing a signif...

Discusses the pillars of the universe.

We all owe a sacred debt to Stephen Hawking for his theories and contributions to physics. Approaching this book with a mild understanding of basic physics, I simply exhausted myself in his space-time, extra dimensions "Nutshell". The amount of energy it took to comprehend a fraction of what I read left me in a swirling vacuum fluctuation. It is an honor to have read Professor Hawking's book. I will tentatively rate three stars simply because the subject matter as presented was mind-numbing, alt...

It was my first ride with Stephen Hawking , and it wasn't bad at all. Reading about your UNIVERSE for the first time, in such a detailed explanation for what the writer aims to tell based on his wide knowledge in Quantum mechanics, theoretical physics and cosmology , necessarily requires a knowledgeable reader in the sciences I've just mentioned so he/she wouldn't be perplexed and then, he would get answers for many questions that may flash in his mind.In addition to the diverse information that...

I do not yet have intellect enough to comprehend the entirety of the book. However, for the extent I managed to understand, I must say it was incredibly brilliant. I didn't begin the book with the expectation of thorough understanding, so there was no disappointment. Furthermore, it was actually a relief that I could get a lot of the stuff in the book considering the fact that it is written by Hawking. I am glad I gave it a try. I will boldly explore science non-fiction from now on.As for the wr...

About Time TravelWhat really sparked my interest in time travel, was the ascension of The Prophet Mohammad, this makes him the first person to have traveled in time through a black hole. The description of a black hole being mentioned explicitly in a Chapter of Qur'an known as Surah NajamWhen the stars are extinguished. (Qur'an, 77:8)[I swear] by Heaven and the Tariq! And what will convey to you what the Tariq is? The Star Piercing [the darkness]! (Qur'an, 86:1-3)For more visit the link below:ht...

Stephen Hawking’s book, which is a sequel to his popular book, A Brief History of Time, describes recent developments in theoretical physics, ranging from Einstein’s Theories of Relativity (both Special and General), to Quantum Theory, to String Theory, to P-branes (P-dimensional membranes), and more. It is a very general and popular sort of introduction, and gives one a feeling for the concepts, while being frustrating in its limited treatment. There are beautiful illustrations, which offer an

Simply, I love the way of Stephen Hawking in explaining his beliefs and knowledge, I think he's the most smartest man living on earth right now.In every chapter of his books he's showing us a great review about the universe.In this book I was surprised that he can easly explains how biology works as well.My next book written by his is A briefier History of Time

This is my first time ever audio book. It is enjoyable, esspecially because of the voice - is calm. I am used to listening to scientific materials, most of them in form of debates. But listening to an audio book is nothing compared to reading - you cannot turn back the page or re-read a passage, you cannot make notes with a pencil on the page, you cannot highlight key definitions, aseertions, or conclusions in the text. Eye-sight is also a much more efficient tool in gathering information than t...