A Brief History of Time

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by forumposters, Jun 23, 2006.

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    Has anyone bought and read this book by Stephen Hawking and actually understood it? I'm no Einstein myself and as much as I would like to say I understood any of it, I'm clueless as to what if anything he writes makes any sense.
     
    forumposters, Jun 23, 2006 IP
  2. z4z3

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    Well, attempting to understand a genius is hard, such as collapsar, time...
     
    z4z3, Jun 23, 2006 IP
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    LOL - I haven't gotten through half of it in nearly a year. It's interesting and incredibly boring all at the same time. Most people know the man is a genius, but they also have no idea how incredibly intelligent he really is. A couple of chapters and you just start thinking "Wow".
     
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    Yup, i think i bought this book before but got half way bored.

    The book is actually really a good source for those studying science stream, but maybe not for webmasters. :)
     
    keikor, Jun 23, 2006 IP
  5. forumposters

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    I have yet to meet anyone who has actually understood anything in this book. It's seems like most people bought it because it was a hip thing to do and ended up just leaving it on the bookshelf to collect dust.
     
    forumposters, Jun 24, 2006 IP