A universe in a nutshell! I just can't understand this book!!

[Blackboar]

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!!

[Lizra]

I think I got about half way through before I said "forget about it"! It was worse than the first chapter of the Silmarillion! :eek: :D

[Starr Polish]

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.

[Wayfarer]

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).

[FrodoFriend]

Wayfarer.... :rolleyes:

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?

[Blackboar]

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.

[Wayfarer]

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.