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THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD鈥橲 GREAT THINKERS鈥擜 MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE

When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned as to allow for the existence of beings like ourselves? And, finally, is the apparent 鈥済rand design鈥� of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion鈥攐r does science offer another explanation?

The most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and of life itself, once the province of philosophy, now occupy the territory where scientists, philosophers, and theologians meet鈥攊f only to disagree. In their new book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by both brilliance and simplicity.

In The Grand Design they explain that according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. When applied to the universe as a whole, this idea calls into question the very notion of cause and effect. But the 鈥渢op-down鈥� approach to cosmology that Hawking and

Mlodinow describe would say that the fact that the past takes no definite form means that we create history by observing it, rather than that history creates us. The authors further explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the 鈥渕ultiverse鈥濃€攖he idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature.

Along the way Hawking and Mlodinow question the conventional concept of reality, posing a 鈥渕odel-dependent鈥� theory of reality as the best we can hope to find. And they conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing us and our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a complete 鈥渢heory of everything.鈥� If confirmed, they write, it will be the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, and the ultimate triumph of human reason.

A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform鈥攁nd provoke鈥攍ike no other.'

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2010

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Stephen Hawking

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Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.
Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of physicians. In October 1959, at the age of 17, he began his university education at University College, Oxford, where he received a first-class BA degree in physics. In October 1962, he began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where, in March 1966, he obtained his PhD degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specialising in general relativity and cosmology. In 1963, at age 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradually, over decades, paralysed him. After the loss of his speech, he communicated through a speech-generating device initially through use of a handheld switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle.
Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Initially, Hawking radiation was controversial. By the late 1970s, and following the publication of further research, the discovery was widely accepted as a major breakthrough in theoretical physics. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discussed his theories and cosmology in general. His book A Brief History of Time appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2002, Hawking was ranked number 25 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He died in 2018 at the age of 76, having lived more than 50 years following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease.

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October 13, 2010
It's a funny thing being a cosmologist in the greater Los Angeles area. Back when I was a partying single graduate student, I'd frequently hit the town for some fun. Inevitably I'd meet someone, strike up a conversation, and they might ask me what I did for a living.

"Oh, I'm a cosmologist."
"Cosmetologist? Cool, do you do make-up for movies?"
"Um...not unless rouge is a component of dark matter." (ba-da-bum)
"..."
"I make detectors and use them to study the origins and geometry of our universe."
"Uh. No way. You ever work in movies?"

I discovered after a few years of this that it was much easier and simpler to tell people I was Mary Poppins at Disneyland. Without exception, folks believed me, made a joke and moved on. The physics thing just cause wrinkled faces, and very odd non-sequiturs. Once I had a guy tell me all about a distant cousin who studied shrimp in the Netherlands. Frequently I'd get the physicist = physician mix-up. Luckily no one ever showed me their rash. Oh well, such is the life of the lonely, misunderstood cosmologist.

Why am I telling you about all my misadventures in life? Oh yeah, to let you know that my background is observational cosmology. (I.e. making devices, detectors, instruments and doing experiments in labs, in Antarctica and on space-born projects.) I'm not a theorist, and most definitely not into string theory/membrane theory/M-theory. That stuff isn't even touched upon in most graduate programs. It's esoteric, wicked complicated, and honestly still in a very nascent stage.

So, I'm not qualified to comment on M-theory being THE answer to The Grand Design as Hawking and Mlodinow so insistently propose. The question then becomes did they sell me on the idea. I dunno... maybe? It was all so very glossed over, overwhelmed by all the history and background needed to give the reader an appropriate framework. Then when they finally game to the climax of the story, where all the previous information should coalesce, M-theory barely got much of an explanation or treatment at all.

I got the impression they wanted to push this Grand Idea, a wrap-up of all previous ideas, made with sweeping statements and generalizations to get press. Plus, if it turns out to work and be right, they can point to this very thin book and say "A-ha!" That's why I removed a star.

Now, if you are looking to learn more about the science of the universe this is just the book for you. They do an excellent job explaining aspects of special relativity, general relativity, particle physics, early-universe physics, even my favorite field, the CMB. (Which maddeningly they call the CMBR, a very outdated term, and refer to the fluctuations as being in the microwave regime, even though they are sub-millimeter radiation! Grrr!) They even throw in a ton of historical context, which helps the reader understand the difficulties of the field and the constantly evolving nature of science.

The science is great, you will learn a ton. Really. The writing is clear in that no-nonsense style Hawking is so famous for. Unfortunately in a few areas the explanations get really muddled to the point of incomprehensibility, and I suspect that might be Mlodinow's doing, since those muddled spots fall in his particular area of expertise. One would expect a research scientist in the field (even if she's a lowly experimentalist) should be able to breeze through all their scientific lessons. I found the string theory section to be really tough-going, with pretty poorly thought out examples. But it is a very esoteric field, and maybe there just aren't easy ways to help lay-folks visualize the 11-dimensional space and the vibrating membranes?

Speaking of clear teaching examples, the book is filled with ways to help the reader visualize some very hard concepts. Gravity affects space-time like having a rubber sheet for your pool table, then pulling down on one spot right in the middle. The balls will curve around the area in much the same way that objects do near-ish black holes. The "strings" in string theory are described to be like a straw, with a surface space, but curled up on itself. However, from very far away a straw looks like a 2-dimensional line.

And yet a few of their examples obviously fall short, which I suppose all stand-ins for the real thing will eventually do. The one that really stood out like a a sore thumb was the balloon-as-expanding-universe. Their illustration looks like someone could take a marker and draw little galaxies on a balloon. Then as the balloon is filled with more air and expands, all galaxies will move away from each other independently. The first trouble is that the galaxies, if drawn on, would expand themselves, which doesn't actually happen. (The mass and hence gravity of galaxies is a stronger force than the expansion of the universe.) In the text, it's made clear that the galaxies have to be treated as points on the balloon, but the graphic is a bit misleading. Secondly, the obvious question to the balloon is: Okay, the balloon expands into our 3-dimensional space, so what is the universe expanding into? They certainly touch on the answer later, but never refer back to our balloon. What a shame.

At any rate, here's my advice: Believe their grand M-theory answer or don't, I don't think it matters as long as you have learned a few things about our scientific understanding of the universe along the way.

Since I made fun of "The Industry" suitors I encountered around Los Angeles, I should relate a tale of the foolish physicists. Create a supersymmetry of courtship mishaps or something. I was at a party on campus, which was completely populated by science grad students, and maybe a few random stray people. I met a guy, he seemed nice enough, so we chatted about motorcycles for a while. He asked me what I studied, so I very jokingly told him I was a Theoretical Cosmetologist, and a student at the neighboring university (which has many, many more women). Ridiculous, right? The guy fell for it hook, line and sinker, and wanted to know more details of this theoretical cosmetology. So I told him all about color theory, combining it with an understanding of personality traits, and the effect of shadowing on first-impressions. Meanwhile, my co-workers stood behind him, trying to hold in their laughter. It was mean, but he believed me!

If you ever meet me in person, only believe about 63% of what I say. The rest is a joke. And that's a scientifically proven fact.
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January 17, 2021
"Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist?"

"the universe doesn't have just a single history, but every possible history, each with its own probability,"

Ever since I read A briefer History of Time, I've been wanting to read more of Hawking's books. And so came The Grand Design. This book aims more towards explaining the origins and known progression of the universe (or all possible universes according to the book) and the different theories supporting presently accepted models. Unlike in A Briefer History of Time, the M-Theory is given the spotlight over the entire book, where as the former attempted the school of thought behind the Equation for Everything.

"Our very existence imposes rules determining from where and at what time it is possible for us to observe the universe."

Hawking's attempt to present complex concepts in most clearer way seems most admirable again. Though it might appear to be a bit difficult to read, one should keep in mind those concepts are complex no matter how well written everything is. In my opinion, this book is perfectly suited for any reader, irrespective of his or hers knowledge in physics and chemistry. Underlying core concepts are explained very clearly.

"To paraphrase Einstein, a theory should be as simple as possible, but not simpler,"
"According to M-theory, space-time has ten space dimensions and one time dimension."

I'm sure most will assume this to be a technical book aimed at a niche of readers, but nothing could not be any further from truth. Even if you fail to grasp some of the stuff, what you do understand will make you think of concepts that you never imagined to be possible. Hawking will take your beyond what is perceived reality, and open your eyes to see the world quite differently.

"We have no rational ground for believing in an objective reality,"
"WE EACH EXIST FOR ABUT A SHORT TIME"
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August 10, 2012
Look John look!
See the pop science bestseller.
See the glossy paper.
See the large font.
See the wide margins.
See the world-famous physicist.
See the ghostwriter.

See the double slit experiment!
Maybe you have seen it before.
But you can never see the double slit experiment too many times.
See the theory of everything.
It is free of infinities.
Probably.
Anyway, never mind that.

See the quantum multiverse!
See the strong anthropic principle.
See them explain the mystery of being.
They are science.
They make predictions.
What are the predictions?
We don't have space for that.
But here's another glossy picture.

See God!
We don't need God.
Science has made Him irrelevant.
Why is God laughing?
I don't know.
I guess He just found something funny.
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9,562 reviews5 followers
January 16, 2022
The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking

The Grand Design is a popular-science book written by British physicists Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow and published by Bantam Books in 2010.

The book examines the history of scientific knowledge about the universe and explains 11 dimension M-theory. The authors of the book point out that a Unified Field Theory (a theory, based on an early model of the universe, proposed by Albert Einstein and other physicists) may not exist.

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The future of the universe is not completely determined by the laws of science, and its present state, as Laplace thought. God still has a few tricks up his sleeve. God not only plays dice. He sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
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This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary. Stephen W. Hawking, Der Spiegel, 1989
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December 23, 2010
When this book was released, I was reading a story about it on-line, and the headline said something like: 鈥淪tephen Hawking Says There Is No God鈥�. Then I made the critical mistake of looking at the user comments under the story. It was the usual collection of badly spelled notes from ignorant asshats who tried to say that stupid science didn鈥檛 know nuthin鈥� or that it was all Obama鈥檚 fault.

But one in particular caught my eye. It was by someone who undoubtedly dabbles in both neurosurgery and rocket science in his-or-her spare time, and it said something along the lines of: 鈥淭HAT鈥漇 WHYY STEVN HAWKENS IS IN WHEEELCHAR!!!!!! BCAUSE HE DON鈥漈 BELIVE IN GOD!! JEBUS IS PUNSINGHING HIM!!!鈥�

Which got me thinking about why anyone would expect a guy who has suffered from ALS and been confined to a wheelchair for most of his life to believe in God? Among the many people who have just cause to question that a loving God is waiting in heaven to dish them out a heaping plate of Sky Cake, I鈥檇 think that Stephen Hawking would be one of them.

It鈥檚 that kind of thinking that Hawking and Mlodinow take on here. Some people will point out the odds against any kind of life existing on Earth and say that God must have set it all in motion and made this place just for us and that it鈥檚 proof of an intelligent creator. Or you listen to a scientist like Hawking who points out that there鈥檚 whole multiverses where life doesn鈥檛 exist and that the only reason we know how lucky we are is that we exist to appreciate how lucky we are. Basing the idea that there must be some kind of intelligent creator simply because we鈥檙e here is bad science.

And that鈥檚 Hawking鈥檚 point. This isn鈥檛 an anti-God book, it鈥檚 a pro-science and pro-critical thinking book. Hawking does a nice job in the early chapters of giving a brief overview of the development of the scientific method and how beliefs in mysterious beings have been incorporated into theories and then debunked over the centuries. Then he lays out the flaws in the models that insist that there has to be some kind of creator being in the mix.

Even though Hawking does his best to dumb down the quantum physics that he claims proves his point and provides lots of handy pictures and graphics to help out the math and science challenged like me, it鈥檚 not exactly light reading. It鈥檚 short at 181 pages, and that helps, but while I鈥檓 fascinated by this kind of stuff, I鈥檓 also stupid enough that I had to read over some sections a couple of times before I thought I had a handle on it.

It鈥檚 enlightening and a nice overview of both the scientific method and quantum physics, but unfortunately, I can鈥檛 see any of the people who should read this actually picking it up.
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October 11, 2012


Stephen Hawking is smarter than I am. That's no big feat because two of my cats are smarter than I am. The other cat is a certifiable idiot. But Hawking is way smarter than I am. The Grand Design is Hawking's explanation, more or less, about why the universe is the way it is. The answer comes down to M-theory which is more of a combining of explanations than one single unifying theory. Many reviewers seem to think Hawking is saying there is no God but he really seems to be stating that God is irrelevant. The real question is did we come from something or nothing. The beginning of an answer involves an understanding of quantum physics and multiverses that Hawking put as well into laymen's term as we can hope for. I don't pretend to understand everything in this book. I'm still contemplating why the world needs hairballs. But I did immensely enjoy reading this short book and can honestly say I understand a little bit more.
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December 15, 2018
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱丕賵賱 : 賱睾夭 丕賱賵噩賵丿:
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賴匕賴 丕賱丕爻卅賱丞 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷丞 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賯丿 胤乇丨賴丕 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴 賵賱賲 賷噩丿 賱賴丕 賵賲賳 賯丿 賷賯丿賲 廿噩丕亘丕鬲 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賷爻鬲 賳賴丕卅賷丞 賵丨丕爻賲丞 賱賰賳 毓賳丿賲丕 賷胤乇丨賴丕 毓丕賱賲 賮賷夭賷丕亍 賮丕賱兀賲乇 賲禺鬲賱賮
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賳賶: 賷鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕賳 毓賳 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賵丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 丕賱鬲賶 鬲丨賰賲 丕賱賲丕丿丞 賲賳匕 兀賳 兀賵賱賶 丕賱兀睾乇賷賯 廿賴鬲賲丕賴賲 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱丿乇丕爻丕鬲 賵丨鬲賶 賳賷賵鬲賳 賵賷胤乇丨 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕賳 賮賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱兀賰孬乇 鬲毓賯賷丿賸 賵賴賶
賲丕 賲氐丿乇 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 丕賱鬲賶 鬲丨賰賲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞責
賴賱 賴賳丕賰 賲毓噩夭丕鬲 (亘賲毓賳賶 禺乇賯 賱賳賵丕賲賷爻 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞)責
賴賱 鬲賵噩丿 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳責
賵賴賳丕 賷鬲賱丕毓亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕賳 亘丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘賷賳 胤乇丨賷賳 鬲丕乇賷禺賷賷賳 賱賱丿賷賳賷賷賳 賵丕賱胤亘賷毓賷賷賳 廿匕丕 噩丕夭 鬲賯爻賷賲 丕賱賮乇賷賯賷賳 賴賰匕丕.
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丕賱孬丕賱孬: 賲丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓 : 鬲賵囟賷丨丕賸 賱賮賰乇丞 賳爻亘賷丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賵兀氐賵賱 丕賱禺賱丕賮 丕賱毓賱賲賶 賱賲賳賵匕噩 丕賱兀乇囟 賵丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 丕賱卮賲爻賷丞 (丕賱禺賱丕賮 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賶 賴賱 丕賱丕乇囟 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱 丕賱卮賲爻 丕賲 丕賱毓賰爻 賵丕賱匕賶 兀賵丿賶 亘丨賷丕丞 噩丕賱賱賷賱賵 賮賶 禺賱丕賮賴 囟丿 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞).賵
賰賲丕 賷毓乇囟 賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱毓賵丕賱賲 丕賱賲賵丕夭賷丞 賵賵賴賱 賳丨賳 賲噩乇丿 廿爻賯丕胤 賲賳 毓丕賱賲 兀禺乇 兀賵 丕丕賳賳丕 噩夭亍 賮賶 賱毓亘丞 賲丨丕賰丕丞 賰亘賷乇丞 兀賵 兀賳賳丕 賵毓丕賱賲賳丕 乇亘丕毓賶 丕賱丕亘毓丕丿 馗賱丕賱丕賸 毓賱賶 丨丿賵丿 夭賲賰丕賳 兀賰亘乇 禺賲丕爻賶 丕賱丕亘毓丕丿.
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丕賱乇丕亘毓 : 丕賱鬲賵丕乇賷禺 丕賱亘丿賷賱丞: 賵賮賷賴 賷爻鬲毓乇囟 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 亘丨孬賷丞 鬲賲鬲 1927 賵兀毓賷丿鬲 1999 賵賴賶 鬲噩乇亘丞 賰乇丕鬲 亘賰賶 賵丕賱噩丿丕乇 匕賵 丕賱賮鬲丨鬲賷賳 賵丕賱鬲賶 鬲丐賰丿 賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賰賲 Quantum Theory 賵賳賵丕丞 丕賱氐乇丕毓 亘賷賳 丕賱賳賷賵鬲賷賳賷賷賳 賵丕賱賰賲賷賷賳.
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丕賱禺丕賲爻 : 賳馗乇賷丞 賰賱 卮卅: 賵賮賷賴 賷毓乇囟 賱兀賳 兀賯乇亘 賲爻丕賮丞 亘賷賳 賳賯胤鬲賷賳 毓賱賶 爻胤丨 丕賱兀乇囟 賱賷爻鬲 賴賶 丕賱禺胤 丕賱賲爻鬲賯爻賲 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賳馗乇丕賸 賱丿丕卅乇賷丞 丕賱丕乇囟 賵鬲賯賵爻賴丕 丕賱匕賶 賷丿賱 毓賱賶 鬲賯賵爻 丕賱夭賲賰丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 兀賯氐乇 賲爻丕賮丞 亘賷賳 賳賯胤鬲賷賳 乇亘賲丕 賴賶 禺胤 賲賯賵爻 賵賲孬丕賱 匕賱賰 兀賳 丕賱胤丕卅乇丞 賮賶 爻賷乇賴丕 亘賷賳 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 賵賲丿乇賷丿 丕賱鬲丕賳 鬲賯毓丕賳 毓賱賶 賳賮爻 禺胤 丕賱毓乇囟 賱賷爻鬲 賴賶 禺胤 賲爻鬲賯爻賲 賷乇亘胤 亘賷賳賴賲丕 賮亘丕賱賯賷丕爻 鬲亘賱睾 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 亘賷賳賴賲丕 3600 賲賷賱 賮賶 丨丕賱丞 丕賱禺胤 丕賱賲爻鬲賯賷賲 兀賲丕 賮賶 丕賱丕鬲噩丕賴 賲賳 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 卮賲丕賱 卮乇賯 孬賲 卮乇賯丕賸 孬賲 噩賳賵亘 卮乇賯 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 亘賷賳賴賲丕 3300 賲賷賱. 賲丕 賷毓賳賶 鬲賯賵爻 丕賱丕乇囟
兀賲丕 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 賰丕賳 賷丨賱賲 亘賴丕 廿賷賳卮鬲賷賳 賵賱賲 賷鬲賵氐賱 賱氐賷睾鬲賴丕 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷丞 賴賶 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 廿賲 賰賲丕 賷胤賱賯 毓賱賷賴丕 賵丕賱鬲賶 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱噩爻賷賲丕鬲 賲賳爻賵亘丞 廿賱賶 兀氐睾乇 賲賰賵賳丕鬲賴丕 賵賴賵 丕賱賰賵丕乇賰 丕賱匕賶 亘鬲丨賱賷賱賴 鬲亘賷賳 丕賳賴 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱賲賵噩丕鬲 賵賱賷爻 賳賯胤丞 匕丕鬲 賰鬲賱丞 賲丨丿丿丞 賵孬丕亘鬲賴 賵毓賱賷賴 賮廿賳 噩賲賷毓 丕賱賰丕卅賳丕鬲 賵丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賵丕賱噩賲丕丿 賷毓賵丿 賮賶 兀氐賱賴 廿賱賶 丕賱賰賵丕乇賰 丕賱匕賶 賷鬲賲孬賱 賮賶 丕賱賲賵噩丕鬲 賱匕賱賰 鬲賳胤亘賯 毓賱賷賴 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賰賲賷丞 兀賵 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賲賵噩賷丞 兀賵 賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱兀賵鬲丕乇.
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賮賶 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 賮氐賵賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賷爻鬲毓乇囟 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕賳 賱毓卮賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱賰賵賳 賵毓丿賲 丨丕噩丞 丕賱賰賵賳 賱賵噩賵丿 禺丕賱賯 胤丕賱賲丕 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱毓卮賵丕卅賷丞 鬲爻賷乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賳丨賵 丕賱匕賶 鬲爻賷乇 毓賱賷賴 賲賳匕 賲賱丕賷賷賳 丕賱爻賳賷賳 賵兀賳 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 丕賱毓賱賲 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲賮爻賷乇 賰賱 丕賱馗賵丕賴乇 丕賱賰賵賳賷丞 賵丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賵賴賵 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱匕賶 兀乇賮囟 鬲賵囟賷丨 兀乇丕亍 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕賳 賮賷賴 賱廿禺鬲賱丕賮賶 賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賰賱丕賲 卮賰賱丕賸 賵賲賵囟賵毓丕賸 賱匕賱賰 賱丕 兀賮囟賱 丕賱禺賵囟 賮賷賴 賵兀賰鬲賮賶 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 丕賱鬲賶 兀鬲賲賳賶 锟斤拷賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲賮賷丿丞 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷賯乇兀賴丕 賵兀爻賮 賱賱丕胤丕賱丞.
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賵兀禺鬲賲 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賶 賮兀賯賵賱 "爻亘丨丕賳 丕賱匕賶 禺賱賯 丕賱賰賵賳 賵賳馗賲賴 賵禺賱賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵賰乇賲賴 賵乇賮毓 丕賱賳噩賲 賵爻賵賲賴 賵爻賷乇 丕賱爻丨丕亘 賵賰賵賲賴 爻亘丨丕賳賰 乇亘賶 毓賲丕 賷氐賮賵賳".
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賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷丨丕賵賱 賴賵賰賷賳噩 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賲賵丨丿丞 賱賱賰賵賳 丕賱鬲賷 爻毓賶 廿賱賷賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇賷賳 賲賳 賯亘賱賴貙 賳馗乇賷丞 賰賱 卮賷亍.
賱賰賳賴 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 賱丕 賷乇賷丿 爻賵賶 鬲鬲亘毓 丕賱賰賵賳 毓賱賲賷賸丕 賮賯胤 丿賵賳 廿乇噩丕毓 毓賱鬲賴 賱賲丨乇賰 兀賵賱 兀賵 禺丕賱賯 賰賲丕 賮毓賱 爻丕亘賯賷賴貙 賮賷賰賲賱 賲丕 亘丿兀賴 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘賴 鬲丕乇賷禺 賲賵噩夭 賱賱夭賲丕賳 賱賷鬲賵睾賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 兀毓賲賯 賮賷 鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱賰賵賳 賵賯賵丕賳賷賳賴貙 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 賲賵噩夭 賱賱夭賲丕賳 賳噩丿 兀賳 丕賱賳爻亘賷丞 丕賱毓丕賲丞 賰丕賳鬲 賴賷 丕賱毓丕賲賱 丕賱賲賮爻乇 賱兀睾賱亘 賲丕 賷鬲賳丕賵賱賴 賱鬲乇賰賷夭賴 毓賱賶 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱賰亘賷乇丞 賮賷 丕賱賰賵賳 賰丕賱孬賯賵亘 丕賱爻賵丿丕亍貙 兀賲丕 賴賳丕 賮賲賷賰丕賳賷賰丕 丕賱賰賲 賴賷 賲丨賵乇 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賱 賱鬲毓丕賲賱賴 賲毓 丕賱噩爻賷賲丕鬲 賵丕賱賰賵乇賰丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賵丕丿 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞貙 賵乇噩賵毓賴 賱賱毓賵丕賲賱 丕賱鬲賷 爻丕毓丿鬲 賮賷 馗賴賵乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賰賵賳 賵丕丨鬲賲丕賱賷丞 賵噩賵丿 毓丿丿 賱丕 賲鬲賳丕賴賷 賲賳 丕賱兀賰賵丕賳. 賱賴匕丕 賯丿 賷爻鬲毓氐賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘毓囟 丕賱卮賷亍 毓賱賶 睾賷乇 丕賱賲鬲禺氐氐賷賳 亘毓賰爻 賰鬲丕亘賴 鬲丕乇賷禺 賲賵噩夭 賱賱夭賲丕賳.

賷亘丿兀 賴賵賰賷賳噩 賰鬲丕亘賴 亘胤乇丨 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 毓賳 爻乇 丕賱賵噩賵丿貙 賵賷賵囟丨 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞 亘丕賱兀爻丕爻 賱賰賳 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賱賷爻鬲 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱乇丿貙 孬賲 亘丿兀 亘胤乇丨 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賳馗乇賷丕鬲 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 毓賳 丕賱賵噩賵丿 賵賲賴丿 賱賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱匕賷 賷丨丕賵賱 鬲亘賳賷賴丕.
孬賲 賷賳鬲賯賱 亘丕賱丨丿賷孬 鬲丿乇賷噩賷賸丕 賱鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 丕賱賰賵賳賷丞貙 賵鬲賳丕賵賱 丕丨鬲賲丕賱 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 乇丐賷鬲賳丕 賱賱賵丕賯毓 賲卮賵卮丞 賵兀賳賳丕 賱丕 賳毓乇賮賴 亘賱 賳乇丕賴 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賳丕貙 賵賱賰賳 賴匕丕 賮賷 賳馗乇賴 賱賷爻 賲丕賳毓賸丕 賱賰賷 賷丨丕賵賱賵丕 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 賰賳賴 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賲丕賳 賳乇丕賴. 孬賲 胤乇丨 賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賵丕乇賷禺 丕賱亘丿賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳馗乇 賱賱賰賵賳 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 賱賷爻 賱賴 鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕丨丿 亘賱 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賱賴 鬲賵丕乇賷禺 賰孬賷乇丞 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳馗賳 亘兀賳 賰賵賳賳丕 賱賷爻 爻賵賶 賵丕丨丿 賲賳 兀賰賵丕賳 賰孬賷乇丞貙 賵賯丿 囟乇亘 兀賲孬賱丞 鬲亘爻賷胤賷丞 賵鬲噩丕乇亘 鬲賲 廿噩乇丕卅賴丕 賱賷賵囟丨 亘丕賱毓賵丿丞 廿賱賶 賲賷賰丕賳賷賰丕 丕賱賰賲 兀賳 丕賱毓賲賱賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳卮兀鬲 亘賴丕 丕賱兀賰賵丕賳 毓卮賵丕卅賷丞. 賵賯丿 鬲賳丕賵賱 賴賵賰賷賳噩 賰賱 賲丕 賯丿 爻亘賯 賱賷亘丿兀 亘鬲賳丕賵賱 賳馗乇賷丞 賰賱 卮賷亍 亘丕鬲亘丕毓 賲丕 賵氐賱 廿賱賷賴 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳 賵廿賰賲丕賱賴 賵賷爻鬲賲乇 廿賱賶 丌禺乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 賵丕賱賳馗乇賷丕鬲 賱賷賯賵賱 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 兀賳 丕賱賰賵賳 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賳卮兀 賲賳 丕賱毓丿賲 亘鬲賮丕毓賱 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳貙 賮賷賳鬲賴賷 兀賳 丕賱胤丕賯丞 丕賱爻丕賱亘丞 賱賯丕賳賵賳 丕賱噩丕匕亘賷丞 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲鬲賵丕夭賳 賱禺賱賯 丕賱胤丕賯丞 丕賱賲賵噩亘丞 丕賱賱丕夭賲丞 賱鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賰乇丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕賳賮噩乇鬲 賵鬲囟禺賲鬲 賰賲丕 卮乇丨 賴賵賰賷賳噩 賮賷 丕賱賮氐賵賱 丕賱賱丕丨賯丞.
賵賷賯賵賱 亘胤乇丨 爻丐丕賱 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴: 賱賲丕匕丕 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 賰賲丕 賵氐賮賳丕賴丕責 賵賷噩賷亘 亘兀賳 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 賰賲丕 鬲賲 卮乇丨賴丕 賯丕賲鬲 毓賱賶 兀爻丕爻 賲鬲爻賯 賵賲鬲賲丕爻賰 賵鬲賳亘兀 亘賰賲賷丕鬲 賲丨丿賵丿丞 賱賰賱 卮賷亍貙 賰賲丕 兀賳 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 賴賷 兀賰孬乇 賳馗乇賷丞 毓賲賵賲賷丞 賱賱噩丕匕亘丞 賵賴賷 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱賲乇卮丨丞 賱兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賰丕賲賱丞 賱賱賰賵賳.

賵賷禺鬲鬲賲 亘賯賵賱賴:
"賵廿匕丕 鬲賲 廿孬亘丕鬲 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 亘丕賱賲賱丕丨馗丞貙 賮爻賷賰賵賳 匕賱賰 丕爻鬲賳鬲丕噩賸丕 賳丕噩丨賸丕 賱亘丨孬 賷乇噩毓 鬲丕乇賷禺賴 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 3000 毓丕賲. 賵爻賳賰賵賳 賯丿 毓孬乇賳丕 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲氐賲賷賲 丕賱毓馗賷賲."
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658 reviews7,538 followers
August 10, 2012
In the first chapter Hawking says that his aim is to provide an answer to "Life, Universe and Everything" and goes on to assure us that his answer will not merely be "42". After just completing the last chapter, I think I still prefer "42".
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949 reviews845 followers
October 15, 2020
Un libro de ciencia (f铆sica) divulgativa que deja apreciar a quien fue, probablemente, una de las mentes m谩s brillantes de la historia de la humanidad. El m茅rito principal est谩, indiscutiblemente, en presentar conceptos muy complejos de forma absolutamente comprensible, aunque reconozco que la parte central se hace un poco pesada.

Inicia con un repaso muy interesante del avance de la f铆sica desde la 茅poca cl谩sica hasta nuestros d铆as, entregando varias reflexiones sobre el tradicional conflicto Dios/Ciencia, as铆 como varias an茅cdotas respecto de c贸mo se describ铆an antiguamente algunos fen贸menos. Por ejemplo, para explicar que los objetos adquieren velocidad a medida que van cayendo, Arist贸teles invent贸 un nuevo principio, a saber, que los cuerpos est谩n m谩s contentos y, por lo tanto, se aceleran a medida que se acercan a su posici贸n de reposo. Debo reconocer que me caus贸 mucha gracia.

Sin embargo, el fuerte del libro es presentarnos el descubrimiento y avances de la f铆sica cu谩ntica y cu谩nto se diferencia de la f铆sica cl谩sica y sus leyes. Hawking nos demuestra, matem谩tica y f铆sicamente, que la existencia de m煤ltiples universos no es exclusiva de las novelas de ciencia ficci贸n y c贸mics de Marvel, sino que nuestra especie se desarroll贸 en una de tantas posibles 鈥渉istorias鈥�.

La cantidad de eventos afortunados que permiten nuestra existencia hacen imposible no maravillarse ante la complejidad del ser humano, as铆 como de su insignificancia en el gran dise帽o de nuestro universo.

Reto #24 PopSugar 2020: Un libro sobre un tema del que no sabes nada (Efectivamente, mis conocimientos de f铆sica cu谩ntica eran pr谩cticamente nulos)
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33 reviews6 followers
August 6, 2011
As a cosmologist and a Stephen Hawking fan, I have a real issue with this book. His statement, that the Universe unpacks itself and therefore does not need a creator is based on some really flawed logic called 'model dependent realism'. MDR is a way of comparing reality to a model, if the model produces the same observable characteristics as observed in reality then the model is said to be as true as any other model.

Imagine this, if there was equal amounts of incriminating evidence that two people committed a crime and prosecution lawyers could build a case against both men then under MDR both are guilty of the crime irrespective of the fact that it only happened one way. By invoking MDR Hawking is blatantly ignoring the lessons of the past, that evidence makes or breaks models, and so far M-theory is unsupported by evidence.

In fact if you follow the line of Hawking's logic, rather than his conclusion, you can even say that Hawking categorically proves the existence of God - All be it as an MDR model of Universe creation. However he selectively ignores this and only looks at how MDR supports his religious beliefs. But, there are a lot of things wrong with this book. Let me explain....

Hawking contradicts himself. He says that Kepler, Galileo, Descartes and Newton saw that the laws of physics were the work of God and that this God was not the God the Old Testament. However we do not have enough written down about the religious beliefs off all of the above to know that this is true and this statement is certainly not true for Newton who was as Christian as you could get. Hawking is doing something quite unscientific here, he is trying to re-write history. It is an embarrassment to atheism that some of the greatest geniuses off all time could have a religious belief like the rest of us and so Hawking is trying to apologise for this by making out that somehow the religious beliefs of these scientists were different to that of the rest of the population.

Hawking suggests at some points that we must take the Universe at face value, that we must consider real only what is measurably real and then contradicts himself (when talking about the holographic theory) by saying that the Universe may be fundamentally different to how we observe it.

Hawking suggests that God doesn鈥檛 intervene, and defines intervening as a suspension of the normal laws of physics. But what about intervention using the laws of physics. What about a God that intervenes only rarely. Under MDR all are as real as a God that never intervenes. Hawking laughs at the idea that we might all be the figment of someone else鈥檚 dream, but under the logic he himself invokes, this theory is as real as M-theory.

Hawking describes how our perception of reality can be changed by placing upside down glasses on our faces. Our minds are so set in their ways that they refuse the new reality and change the input to fit with the model of the reality in our heads. In MDR the model each person has in their heads is a real reality. Reality is unique to each observer. If God exists in my model, it is true for my Universe, if he doesn鈥檛 in yours then God really is absent from yours.

Hawking describes how St Augustine concluded that the Earth was young due to the ages of people in the bible, but at the time there was no recognised evidence to suggest otherwise. According to MDR young Earth creationism was the reality, since no other model existed. He says that young Earth creationism in the present day is as real as the big bang theory. But Hawking is breaking his own logic here. In today鈥檚 day and age we have a lot more evidence that the Universe began with something like the big bang which means that under MDR, this model is considered to be MORE real.

Hawking describes how Hubble鈥檚 model of the Universe was accepted because it was the most natural model but naturalness and elegance is purely subjective. In MDR plausibility is not measured. Hawking mentions how the laws of nature determine a range of probabilities of various futures and past, and yet avoids the issue about how a selection is made. Somehow a selection IS made.

Hawking describes how the Universe is comprehensible because it can be modelled. This is not true. Only the model is comprehensible. The Universe is not the model; the Universe is infinite and by its very nature incomprehensible and thanks to quantum physics not even entirely measurable.

The bits that really make me cringe, and I have a degree and a PhD in this, is where Hawking gets his science wrong. Hawking suggests that the standard model 鈥渁grees with all current evidence鈥�, but this is not true. Experiments have observed that the neutrino has mass, and the standard model cannot account for this.

Hawking suggests that inflation in the early Universe really did happen, but recent observations by his old friend Roger Penrose have cast serious doubts over this. Hawking also suggests that this Universe is casually disconnected from the other possibilities, and so what we experience is just one possibility. However M-theory suggests that gravity information leaks between membranes, thus collapsing the universe into one possibility. This one.

Hawking suggests the Universe has 4 dimensions of space time as the result of our selection. In his words the Universe is like this because this is one of the possibilities it could have been and our selection is this. But as Einstein said, 鈥淕od doesn鈥檛 play dice鈥�. To suggest that some thing鈥檚 have no fundamental reason for existing is like saying 鈥淓verybody stop all scientific research, because there is no fundamental reason for any of this鈥�.

Hawking also suggests that the act of creation is understandable purely within the realm of science, but doesn鈥檛 mention that we have no science that works at t=0. The science goof that nearly had me eating my kindle in apoplexy was when Hawking suggests that black holes have positive gravitational potential energy. If that were true, the milky way would be spread around the Universe.

Hawking does do well at talking his way out of the fine tuning argument. He effectively kills that argument dead and I agree we do not need God to explain why the Universe is perfect for our existence. But my reply is that, people shouldn鈥檛 have been using that line of apologism in the first place because it doesn鈥檛 make theological sense, let alone scientific sense. According to Christian doctrine God made creation for himself, he did not make it for us.

Hawking does well at explaining how quantum mechanics and relativity on intermediate scales produce Newtonian like physics. This is the Hawking we know and love and this book should have been full of this kind of stuff. Instead it is full of laughable pseudoscience and theology. Model dependent realism is not robust enough for Hawking鈥檚 confidence in it and doesn鈥檛 hold up to scrutiny or close inspection.

The theological work in this is very much of the style of Dawkins and others who successfully disprove Gods of their own imagining. They create a God, give it powers and then disprove the God that they have created. But they don鈥檛 get anywhere near the God that people worship in churches. Hawking鈥檚 intellect outstrips his own imagination and it really shows in this work. I am very happily the other way around.
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178 reviews143 followers
February 10, 2016
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賷亘丿兀 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘爻乇丿 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱毓賱賲貙 賮賷賯賵賱 兀賳 丕賱亘卮乇 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕爻鬲毓丕賳賵丕 亘丕賱兀爻丕胤賷乇 賵丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱禺丕乇賯丞 賱鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱馗賵丕賴乇 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賵賲賳 孬賲 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱爻丕丿爻 賯亘賱 丕賱賲賷賱丕丿 馗賴乇 賱賳丕 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱賲賮賰乇賷賳 丕賱廿睾乇賷賯 賲賳 賲丿乇爻丞 廿賷賵賳賷丞 賯丕賲賵丕 亘賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱禺乇賵噩 亘鬲賮爻賷乇丕鬲 賲丕丿賷丞 賱賱馗賵丕賴乇 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賲賳 丿賵賳 丕賱乇噩賵毓 賱賱丌賱賴丞 賰毓丕賲賱 賲賮爻乇. 毓賱賶 乇兀爻 賴丐賱丕亍 賰丕賳 胤丕賱賷爻 丕賱匕賷 賯賷賱 兀賳賴 鬲賳亘兀 亘賰爻賵賮 賱賱卮賲爻 賵噩丕亍 賲賳 亘毓丿賴 兀賳丕賰爻丕賲賳丿乇貙 兀賲亘賷丿賷賰賱賷爻貙 丿賷賲賵賯乇胤爻貙 丕爻胤乇禺氐 賵睾賷乇賴賲. 賷匕賰乇 兀賷囟賸丕 賮賷孬丕睾賵乇孬 賵賰賷賮 兀賳賴 毓賱賶 丕賱兀乇噩丨 賱賷爻 賲賰鬲卮賮 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱乇賷丕囟賷丞 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 丕賱賲爻賲丕丞 毓賱賶 廿爻賲賴貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱丕 賷匕賰乇 兀賳 兀氐賱 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賲亘丿丕卅 丕賱乇賷丕囟賷丞 賵丕賱賮賱賰賷丞 賷毓賵丿 賱丨囟丕乇丕鬲 亘賱丕丿 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賳賴乇賷賳 賵賷賰鬲賮賷 亘匕賰乇 丕賱丨囟丕乇丞 丕賱廿睾乇賷賯賷丞 賰賲賴丿 賱賱毓賱賵賲. 賮賷 丕賱丨賯亘丞 丕賱鬲丕賱賷丞 賷禺鬲賮賷 丕賱毓賱賲 丕賱賲丕丿賷 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷毓賵丿 賲毓 丕賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱毓賱賲賷丞 毓賱賶 賷丿 噩丕賱賷賱賷賵 賵賰賷亘賱乇 賵賳賷賵鬲賳. 賲噩丿丿丕賸 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 匕賰乇 賱丨賯亘丞 賲賴賲丞 賵賴賷 丕賱丨賯亘丞 丕賱毓賱賲賷丞 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞.

賷賯鬲乇丨 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳馗锟斤拷丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賱賱賵丕賯毓 賷爻賲賷賴丕 "丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱賲毓鬲賲丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳賲賵匕噩" 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賵賱 兀賳賳丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賳氐賱 賱賱丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱賲丨囟丞 賵賱賰賳 賷賲賰賳賳丕 鬲氐賵乇 賳賲丕匕噩 鬲鬲賵丕賮賯 賲毓 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 賵賰賱 賳賲賵匕噩 賷賵丕賮賯 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 賷毓亘乇 毓賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞貙 賮丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賰禺乇賷胤丞 賱賱賰乇丞 丕賱兀乇囟賷丞 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 丕賱廿丨丕胤丞 亘賴丕 亘丿賯丞 亘丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 禺乇賷胤丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賵廿賱丕 丨丿孬鬲 丕禺鬲賱丕賱丕鬲 賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 亘爻賷胤丞 賵賱匕賱賰 鬲爻鬲禺丿賲 毓丿丞 禺乇丕卅胤 賲鬲禺氐氐丞 鬲氐賮 賰賱 噩夭亍 賲賳賴丕 賵賴匕賴 丕賱禺乇丕卅胤 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 鬲鬲賯丕胤毓 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴丕 賱鬲毓胤賷賳丕 氐賵乇丞 賰賱賷丞 賱賱兀乇囟.

賷鬲胤乇賯 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賱賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賳爻亘賷丞 賵丕賱賮賷夭賷丕亍 丕賱賰賲賷丞 賵賷亘賷賳 禺氐丕卅氐賴賲丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘丿賵 賲禺丕賱賮丞 賱賱賲賳胤賯 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賰丕賱鬲亘丕胤丐 丕賱夭賲丕賳賷 賮賷 丕賱賳爻亘賷丞 賵賮賷 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕亍 丕賱賰賲賷丞 鬲氐乇賮 丕賱丕賱賰鬲乇賵賳丕鬲 賰噩爻賷賲丕鬲 鬲丕乇丞 賵賲賵噩丕鬲 鬲丕乇丞 兀禺乇賶 丨爻亘 賵囟毓 鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱卮賯賷賳 賵賰匕賱賰 賲亘丿兀 丕賱乇賷亘丞 賱賴丕賷夭賳亘賷乇噩. 賲賳 孬賲 賷卮乇丨 毓丿賲 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賵賮賷賯 亘賷賳 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 丕賱兀乇亘毓 丕賱賲毓乇賵賮丞 賮賷 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賵賴賷 丕賱噩丕匕亘賷丞 賵丕賱賰賴乇賵賲睾賳丕胤賷爻賷丞 賵丕賱賳賵賵賷丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 賵丕賱賳賵賵賷丞 丕賱囟毓賷賮丞貙 丨賷孬 賵亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賱賳噩丕丨 賮賷 鬲賵丨賷丿 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱孬賱丕孬 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲毓 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕亍 丕賱賰賲賷丞 賮賯丿 賮卮賱鬲 噩賲賷毓 丕賱賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賱丨丿 丕賱丌賳 賮賷 鬲賵丨賷丿 丕賱噩丕匕亘賷丞 賲毓賴丕.

賵賴賳丕 賷胤乇丨 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳馗乇賷丞 廿賲 丕賱賳丕鬲噩丞 毓賳 鬲賵丨賷丿 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 丕賱兀賵鬲丕乇 丕賱賮丕卅賯丞 丕賱禺賲爻 賲毓 丕賱亘毓丿 丕賱丨丕丿賷 毓卮乇. 賷賯鬲乇丨 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 (禺胤賷賳 鬲丨鬲 賰賱賲丞 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳) 兀賳 鬲賵丨丿 賱賳丕 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 丕賱兀乇亘毓 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱鬲賵丕賮賯 丕賱丿賯賷賯 賱賱賰賵賳. 賷胤乇丨 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱鬲賵丕賮賯 丕賱丿賯賷賯 賱賱賰賵賳 賵賷胤乇丨 丕賱賲亘丿兀 丕賱兀賳孬乇亘賵賱賵噩賷 賵丕賱兀賰賵丕賳 丕賱賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賰鬲賮爻賷乇 丌禺乇 賱賴 睾賷乇 賵噩賵丿 禺丕賱賯 賵毓賱賶 毓賰爻 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賲丕 匕賰乇 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賮賴賵 賱丕 賷賳賮賷 賵噩賵丿 丕賱禺丕賱賯 亘賱 賷賯賵賱 兀賳 丕賱毓賱賲 賵亘丕賱鬲丨丿賷丿 賳馗乇賷丞 廿賲 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲賵賮乇 鬲賮爻賷乇 賲丕丿賷 卮丕賲賱 賱賱賰賵賳 賲賳 丿賵賳 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賱賱丕爻鬲毓丕賳丞 亘丕賱禺丕賱賯 賮賷 匕賱賰. 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賲 丕賱囟睾胤 毓賱賶 賴賵賰賳噩 賮賷 丕丨丿賶 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱丕鬲 亘毓丿 賳卮乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 匕賰乇 兀賳賴 賱丕 賷丐賲賳 亘賵噩賵丿 丕賱賴 賵賴賵 賮賷 賴匕丕 賷鬲賮賯 賲毓 賵丕賷賳亘賷乇睾 賮賷 賲賯賵賱鬲賴 "丕賱毓賱賲 賱丕 賷噩毓賱 丕賱廿賷賲丕賳 亘丕賱賱賴 賲爻鬲丨賷賱丕貙 亘賱 賷噩毓賱 毓丿賲 丕賱廿賷賲丕賳 亘賴 賲賲賰賳丕". 賷匕賰乇 兀賳 丕賱鬲賵丕賮賯 丕賱丿賯賷賯 賱賱賰賵賳 賵丕賱孬賵丕亘鬲 丕賱賰賵賳賷丞 賴賵 兀丨丿 兀賰孬乇 丕賱兀丿賱丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞 丕賱賲丐賷丿丞 賱賵噩賵丿 禺丕賱賯 賵賯丿 兀胤賱賯 毓賱賷賴 噩賷乇賷 賰賵賷賳 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘賴 "丕賱廿賷賲丕賳 賮賷 賯亘丕賱 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯" 丕賱賱丕賴賵鬲賷丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞 毓胤賮賸丕 毓賱賶 丕賱賱丕賴賵鬲賷丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 賲賳鬲卮乇丞 賯亘賱 賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱鬲胤賵乇.

兀賵賱 賲丕 兀孬丕乇 丕賳鬲亘丕賴賷 賴賵 兀賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷匕賰乇 賮賷 兀賵丕卅賱 氐賮丨丕鬲賴 兀賳 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賲丕鬲鬲 賵賱賲 賷毓丿 賱賴丕 賲賰丕賳. 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕丿 賱賱賮賱爻賮丞 鬲賰乇乇 賱丿賶 毓丿丿 賲賳 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕卅賷賷賳 丕賱亘丕乇夭賷賳 賲賳 囟賲賳賴賲 爻鬲賷賮賷賳 賵丕賷賳亘賷乇噩 賵乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 賮丕賷賳賲丕賳 (賰賱丕賴賲丕 丨丕氐賱丕賳 毓賱賶 賳賵亘賱 賮賷 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕亍) 亘丕賱乇睾賲 兀賳賴賲 賷爻鬲禺丿賲賵賳 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賰廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丕賱丿丨囟 賲孬賱丕貙 亘賱 賷鬲賲 匕賱賰 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 匕丕鬲賴 賮賷 胤乇丨 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱賲毓鬲賲丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳賲賵匕噩 賵賮賷 賲賵丕囟毓 兀禺乇賶. 賷賯賵賱 賮賷賱爻賵賮 丕賱毓賱賲 噩賷賮乇賷 賰丕爻賷乇 (賵丕賱匕賷 賷賯丿賲 賰賵乇爻賸丕 賲噩丕賳賷賸丕 毓賳 賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱毓賱賲) 兀賳 丕賱毓賱賲 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷禺賱賵 賲賳 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞貙 賰賲丕 賱丕 鬲禺賱賵 賱毓亘丞 丕賱亘賷爻亘賵賱 賲賳 賯賵丕賳賷賳 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕亍. 賲賳 丕賱兀氐丨 丨爻亘 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賷 丕賱賯賵賱 亘兀賳 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賱丕 亘丿 兀賳 鬲兀禺匕 丕賱丕賰鬲卮丕賮丕鬲 丕賱毓賱賲賷丞 賮賷 丕賱丕毓鬲亘丕乇 賵廿賱丕 兀氐亘丨鬲 賲賷鬲丞 賮毓賱丕賸貙 賲孬賱丕賸 賰賱 賮賱爻賮丞 鬲兀禺匕 亘丕賱禺賱賯 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇 亘丿賱賸丕 毓賳 賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱鬲胤賵乇 賮賱爻賮丞 賲賷鬲丞 賵賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱 賱丕 亘丿 賱賱毓賱賲丕亍 賲賳 丕賱丕賱賲丕賲 亘亘毓囟 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賱鬲噩賳亘 丕賱賵賯賵毓 賮賷 丕賱賲睾丕賱胤丕鬲 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賲毓 丕賱毓賱賲 兀賳 賵馗賷賮丞 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賱賷爻鬲 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賮賷 丕賱賰賵賳.

賷丐禺匕 毓賱賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賷囟賸丕 鬲賯丿賷賲賴 賳馗乇賷丞 廿賲 賰丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 鬲賵丨賷丿 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱兀乇亘毓 賮賷 丨賷賳 兀賳賴 賱丕 鬲賵噩丿 鬲噩丕乇亘 鬲丐賷丿賴丕 賱丨丿 丕賱丌賳 賵賲丕 匕賰乇 賲賳 鬲噩丕乇亘 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 鬲丐賷丿 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕亍 丕賱賰賲賷丞 賮賷 丨丿 匕丕鬲賴丕 賵賱賷爻 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱賲毓賷賳 賱賴丕貙 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賷爻鬲 睾賷乇 賯丕亘賱丞 賱賱鬲噩乇賷亘 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 賲亘丿卅賷丞 (賵賴匕丕 賷噩賳亘賴丕 丕賱賵賯賵毓 賮賷 丕賱毓賱賲 丕賱夭丕卅賮 丨爻亘 賮賱爻賮丞 賰丕乇賱 亘賵亘乇) 亘賱 賱丕 鬲賵噩丿 胤乇賷賯丞 賷賲賰賳 鬲噩乇賷亘賴丕 亘賴丕 賱丨丿 丕賱丌賳.

賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 爻賴賱 丕賱賮賴賲 賳爻亘賷賸丕 賵賱賰賳賴 賱賷爻 亘爻賱丕爻丞 賰鬲丕亘 賴賵賰賳噩 丕賱兀賵賱貙 "鬲丕乇賷禺 賲賵噩夭 賱賱夭賲丕賳" 賵賴賵 賮賷 賲丕 毓丿丕 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕丿丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 匕賰乇鬲賴丕 乇丕卅毓 賵賷爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞.
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I have a feeling that the publishing industry is milking Stephen Hawking. There was a time when we had a dashing physicist named Richard Feynman who used LSD and played banjo in a strip club. The naked pole dancers didn鈥檛 distract him from formulating quantum electrodynamics. He was quite a genius, and he was all over the place with his talks and popular books. But he鈥檚 dead. Now Stephen Hawking seems to be the coolest physicist around. He鈥檚 paralyzed and wheelchair-bound, and he speaks through a voice synthesizer by twitching a tiny working cheek muscle against a screen to pick up a displayed word. How cool is that! So he鈥檚 become quite a celebrity, and he fully deserves it. The public is fascinated with him. But that doesn鈥檛 mean a whole lot for the quality of his books. I鈥檝e read better pop-physics books than this one. Besides, I didn鈥檛 see anything new here.

This book got more publicity because it鈥檚 supposed to take on the question of God. It鈥檚 no secret that the great biologists and physicists tend to be atheists. That鈥檚 a very telling fact. But having acknowledged that, I don鈥檛 see a point in a physicist trying to 鈥渄isprove鈥� God through physics. Upon being asked by Napoleon where God fits in his physics, Laplace is reported to having said: 鈥淪ire, I have not needed that hypothesis.鈥� Science, by definition, does not and cannot use the God hypothesis. I don鈥檛 see why it should get into the business of rejecting that hypothesis. Those who are inclined to reject God can point to the findings of biology and cosmology for support. But that is quite different from a physicist setting out to refute God based on physics.

As for the God-rejecting physics 鈥� it can be summarized in two points: 1) While no individual physical object can appear out of nothing, an entire universe can. This is because the sum-total of the energy in the universe is zero. 2) There are almost an infinite number of universes popping out of nothing into existence. One of them, like the one where we live, can, by mere chance, have the right properties (laws and constants of physics) for the emergence of starts and planets and eventually life. The book goes into explaining the physics behind these two claims. Unless you鈥檙e a physicist as good as Hawking, there鈥檚 nothing you can say about his physics.
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September 29, 2020
New, and obviously science based analysis that seeks to answer the ultimate questions about life鈥� like when and how did the universe begin, why are we here, is there a god etc. Interesting and thought provoking stuff. 7 out of 12.
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1,202 reviews2 followers
August 9, 2017
Love to talk or read about very smart people, they always teach me and make me look at things differently. Never miss any programs on TV about our home and universe, or fill my library with books in this subject. Some theories and scientific explanations was over my head, but help to make me understand was just phone call away.
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232 reviews163 followers
January 19, 2022
丕噩丕亘丕鬲 毓賱賶 丕爻卅賱丞 丕賱賰賵賳 丕賱賰亘乇賶 !!
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33 reviews3 followers
September 11, 2010

Wake me up when you actually define M-Theory.
(Which has yet to be defined)

This was a short read that cost WAY TOO MUCH money.

Any book I can read in a day should cost less than 9 dollars.
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34 reviews3 followers
August 16, 2023
Although it is a sequel to A Brief History of Time, it can be read independently.
It zoomed out, and rather than providing a thorough explanation of how physical laws operate; it addressed the philosophical question of why the universe exists [Why is there something rather than nothing?] and why its rules are the way they are. [Why this particular set of laws and not some other?] Hawking and Mlodinow noted that Philosophy has lagged behind current scientific advances in recent years. So in this work, they answer big questions in light of recent theoretical developments.

The journey starts by talking about the beliefs of ancient people who believed that every event and aspect of their lives occurred because of a divine purpose and how, gradually, the idea of a universe ruled by the laws of nature took its place. Later on, it compares the definition of reality in classical and modern science by mentioning that classical science is based on the belief that there exists a real external world whose properties are definite and independent of the observer who perceives them. But in a more modern scientific view: 鈥淎ccording to model-dependent realism, it is pointless to ask whether a model is real, only whether it agrees with observation. If there are two models that both agree with observation, like the goldfish鈥檚 picture and ours, then one cannot say that one is more real than another.鈥�

The following chapters explain the double-slit experiment, Richard Feynman鈥檚 QED, and M-theory. Then it presents the most counterintuitive thing: 鈥淭he universe, according to quantum physics, has no single past, or history.鈥�

The material of subsequent sections would be interesting to philosophers as well because they discuss anthropic principles, cosmological constants, and fine-tuning. But the most intriguing chapter for me was the last one which explains the Game of Life invented by John Conway. It is a zero-player game, meaning its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. Once you've established the initial condition, the laws govern what happens afterwards. It demonstrates how a system can grow from simple rules to highly complex ones over time. Evolution is a real-world example.
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104 reviews70 followers
December 30, 2014
賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賰鬲亘 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕卅賷 賵丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘賷乇 爻鬲賮賷賳 賴賵賰賷賳噩 .. 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 兀禺乇 賲丕 鬲賵氐賱 賱賴 丕賱毓賱賲 賱賱廿噩丕亘丞 毓賱賶 " 兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱賰賵賳 丕賱賰亘乇賶 "

賰鬲丕亘 賲賲鬲毓 賵噩賲賷賱 .. 賲毓賯丿 賯賱賷賱 賵賲氐胤賱丨丕鬲賴 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕卅賷丞 氐毓亘賴 賱睾賷乇 丕賱賲鬲禺氐氐賷賳 .. 兀賳氐丨 亘賯乇丕亍鬲賴 .. 賯賷賲鬲賴 亘兀乇亘毓 賳噩賵賲 毓賱賶 丕賱爻鬲賴 丕賱兀賵賱賶 .. 賮賴賷 噩賲賷賱丞 賵毓賱賲賷丞 賵賲賮賷丿丞 .. 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賯爻賲 賱賱賮氐賵賱 丕賱鬲丕賱賷丞 //


賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱 賷鬲丨丿孬 " 賱睾夭 丕賱賵噩賵丿 " .. 賷胤乇丨 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵賰賷賮 爻賷噩賷亘 毓賱賶 丕賱丕爻卅賱丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 ( 賱賲丕匕丕 賷賵噩丿 丕賱卮賷亍 亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 丕賱賱丕 卮賷亍責 .. 賱賲丕匕丕 賳賵噩丿 賳丨賳 責 .. 賱賲丕匕丕 鬲賵噩丿 賴匕賴 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 丕賱賲丨丿丿丞 賲賳 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 丿賵賳 睾賷乇賴丕 責 "

賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷 亘毓賳賵丕賳 " 爻賷丕丿丞 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 " .. 賷鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賮氐賱 毓賳 賳卮兀丞 賯賵丕賳賷賳 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賰亘丿賷賱 毓賳 丕賱丕爻胤賵乇丞 賵丕賱賱丕賴賵鬲 .. 賲賳 亘丿丕賷丞 胤丕賱賷爻 ( 585 賯 賲 ) 丨鬲賶 賱丕亘賱丕爻 ( 1749 賲 ) ..

賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賱孬 亘毓賳賵丕賳 " 賲丕賱賵丕賯毓 責 " .. 賷賳鬲賯丿 賴賵賰賷賳噩 ( 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 賵丕賱賱丕賵賯毓賷丞 ) 丨賷孬 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀孬亘丕鬲 賵噩賵丿 賰賱 卮賷亍 賰賲丕 賳乇丕賴 丕賵 賳丨爻 亘賴 賰賲丕 鬲賯賵賱 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 貙 賵賱丕 賷賲賰賳 廿賳賰丕乇 賰賱 卮賷 賳乇丕賴 賵賳卮毓乇 亘賴 賰賲丕 鬲賯賵賱 丕賱賱丕賵賯毓賷丞 .. 賵賷爻鬲亘丿賱賴賲丕 亘賭(丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱賲毓鬲賲丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳賲賵匕噩) 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賳賷 ( 兀賳賴 賱丕 噩丿賵賶 賲賳 丕賱爻丐丕賱 毓賲丕 廿匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱賳賲賵匕噩 丨賯賷賯賷丕賸 兀賲 賱丕 廿賳 賰丕賳 賷鬲賵丕賮賯 賲毓 丕賱賲賱丕丨馗丞 ) 賮毓賱賷賳丕 兀賳 賳鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱賳賲賵匕噩 賰賲丕 賴賵 亘睾囟 丕賱賳馗乇 毓賳 賰賵賳賴 丨賯賷賯賷丕賸 兀賲 賱丕 ..

賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱乇丕亘毓 亘毓賳賵丕賳 " 鬲賵丕乇賷禺 亘丿賷賱丞 " .. 賷賳丕賯卮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳馗乇賷丞 賰賲 鬲爻賲賶 " 丕賱鬲賵丕乇賷禺 丕賱亘丿賷賱丞 " 賵賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賵賱 ( 兀賳賴 賱賷爻 賱賱賰賵賳 賵噩賵丿 兀賵 鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕丨丿 貙 賵賱賰賳 賴賳丕賰 賳爻禺 賲丨鬲賲賱丞 噩丿丕賸 賲賳 丕賱賰賵賳 ) .. 賵賴賵 賮氐賱 賮賷夭賷丕卅賷 亘丨鬲 賷賳丕賯卮 鬲噩乇亘丞 賮賷夭賷丕卅賷丞 賷胤賱賯 毓賱賷賴丕 " 賰乇丕鬲 亘賻賰賷 "

賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱禺丕賲爻 " 賳馗乇賷丞 賰賱 卮賷 " .. 賷爻賯胤 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 鬲噩乇亘丞 亘賰賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賰賵賳 .. 賵賷爻鬲胤賷毓 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱兀賲孬賱賴 兀賳 賷孬亘鬲 兀賳 賴賳丕賰 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賱卮賷亍 賵丕丨丿 ..

賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱爻丕丿爻 " 兀禺鬲賷丕乇 賰賵賳賳丕 " .. 賷亘丿兀 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘卮乇丨 丕賱賰賵賳 賵賳卮兀鬲賴 賵賷噩亘 毓賱賶 丕賱爻丐丕賱 亘丨爻亘 乇兀賷 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱匕賷 亘丿兀 丕賱賮氐賱 亘匕賰乇 賲賱丕丨馗丕鬲 兀丿賵賷賳 賴丕亘賱 毓賳 丕賳 丕賱賲噩乇丕鬲 鬲亘鬲毓丿 毓賳 丕賱丕乇囟 賵賲賳賴丕 毓乇賮 鬲丕乇賷禺 賳卮兀丞 丕賱賰賵賳 賵 " 丕賱丕賳賮噩丕乇 丕賱毓馗賷賲 - 亘賷睾 亘丕賳睾 )

賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱爻丕亘毓 " 丕賱賲毓噩夭丞 丕賱賰賵賳賷丞 " .. 賷鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 毓賳 丕賱賲毓噩夭賴 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵噩丿鬲 丕賱賰賵賳 賵兀賵噩丿鬲 丕賱亘卮乇 賮賷 丕賱丕乇囟 賮賯胤 丿賵賳 睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賰賵丕賰亘 賵毓賳 丕賱賲氐丕丿賮丕鬲 丕賱賰賵賳賷丞 ( 廿賳 賰賵賳賳丕 賰丕賳 爻賷賮噩乇 賳賮爻賴 賱兀噩夭丕亍 賱賵 賰丕賳鬲 賯賷賲丞 丕賱孬丕亘鬲 丕賱賰賵賳賷 兀賰亘乇 賲賳 賲丕賴賷 毓賱賷賴 ) .. 賵賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱亘丕亘 鬲丨丿賷丿丕賸 賷丨丕賵賱 賴賵賰賷賳噩 兀賳 賷乇丿 毓賱賶 兀賯賵賶 丨噩噩 丕賱賲丐賲賳賷賳 亘賵噩賵丿 丕賱廿賱賴 .. 賵賰丕賳鬲 乇丿賵丿賴 囟毓賷賮丞 丨爻亘 乇兀賷賷

賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 " 丕賱鬲氐賲賷賲 丕賱毓馗賷賲 .. 賵賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賷卮乇丨 賴賵賰賷賳噩 賳馗乇賷賲 " 兀賲 " 賵賴賷 賳馗乇賷丞 賮賷夭賷丕卅賷丞 .. 賷毓鬲賯丿 賴賵賰賷賳噩 兀賳賴丕 賳馗乇賷丞 賰賱 卮賷亍 .. 兀賵 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲孬亘鬲 賰賱 卮賷亍

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9,982 reviews6 followers
November 2, 2016


The nihilists have been right all along...



M-theory: Doubts linger over godless multiverse
STEPHEN HAWKING'S new book The Grand Design sparked a furore over whether physics can be used to disprove the existence of God. But few have noted that the idea at the core of the book, M-theory, is the subject of an ongoing scientific debate 鈥� specifically over the very aspect of the theory that might scrap the need for a divine creator.

That the laws of nature in our universe are finely tuned for life seems miraculous, leading some to invoke divine involvement. But if there is a multiverse out there 鈥� a multitude of universes, each with its own laws of physics 鈥� then the conditions we observe may not be unique.


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91 reviews70 followers
December 22, 2020
This book contains a little more in-depth knowledge. The person with a physics major finds it more captive than those with other disciplines. A quick read to get handful of knowledge about universe in fewer time. Recommend to people with interest in disciplines like physics and cosmology.
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Author听6 books174 followers
August 15, 2023
There are many fascinating conversations one might have about the universe. You could even say there are an infinite amount of subjects that boggle the mind. The one that puzzles and intrigues me more than any other, however, is the concept of there being multiple universes, each with its own unique timeline. Grasping that is simply beyond what the human mind is capable of. We have no ground to stand on. Such an idea sounds like nonsense, but Scientists, very respectable ones, would have you entertain this idea. I don't even know how to convey how much that thought makes me dizzy.

The universe is brimming over with magical and unbelievable things. I feel it is our duty as a species to continue to search for the truth. And, alas, there happens to be just a little word that is ever the ball and chain around humanity's leg; and that word would be 'Religion'. *Sigh* Now, I have no qualms with religious people, as long as they don't hurt anyone or harbour hateful ideals. There are many who are wonderful people. But, that being said, I don't think there are many things I detest in life more than the foundation of religion itself. Even when something has been proven wrong a thousand times over, you are scum if you don't believe it. I just can't stand the state of it all. Even though every single religion on our planet has been starkly disproven and left in the dust of Science and evidence (And mere logic itself), there are still many things that even science cannot explain. There are most likely things out there in the endless black far more 'Divine' than our fictional stories. But people don't adapt. They were raised on one fictional story, so therefore that fictional story is in their blood. It is that mentality that holds us all back.

I adore science because science is a 'process', not an absolute. Science learns and grows. And it has already grown well beyond the concept of God. That conversation is a dead one. As dead as Flat Earth. I truly wish we could move forward and leave it behind, but I know that will not happen; at least not for the initiated. It saddens me.

Think about this for a moment: Christianity, as an example, is far from the oldest religion. It was not here first. By all accounts, Hinduism was. So why is Christianity the 'real' one while Hinduism is just made up? I'll tell you why: because Christians said so. What about the Norse? No? Made up, huh. Of course. Islam? Not the one true God, eh? Okay, what about Jainism? Buddhism? I could go on and on for pages. Now, consider this: they can't all be right. But they'll sure as hell tell you they are. The fact there are so many different so-called 'truths' is proof enough that they were ALL made up.

Again, I truly mean no disrespect to the good religious people out there; the ones who don't tell me I'm going to burn in hell forever. But I just find it remarkable that people ignore science. There are still great and encouraging things to discover in the universe. You can even still believe in an afterlife, if you wish. But why does it have to be one specific story that has been proven to be a fallacy? Why not get up, brush off your pants, and go learn more about what is out there? Why not come up with your own hypothesis of the meaning of life? Many actually do this these days while claiming to be religious. I've asked friends of mine if they truly believe that the Holy Bible is telling real stories about things that happened. Their answer? "Oh, no, of course not." They themselves have adapted into their own version of God and the universe. I can respect that. I just can't understand why you still call it Christianity. But that is your right to do so. The whole thing just gives me a headache. It's like listening to someone quote a movie to you incorrectly. You, along with everybody else, knows that they are saying the line wrong, but that person is damn sure they got it word-for-word. That same kind of itching annoyance in the back of the mind is what religion does to me. They're quoting the line wrong. They got it wrong. But don't tell them that.

I guess you can only sigh and move on. Religion helps people through tough times; and even though the stories aren鈥檛 real, maybe that doesn鈥檛 matter. They have done a good thing for someone. I guess that鈥檚 special in its own way. It鈥檚 just not something I could ever subscribe to. It鈥檚 not how my brain works. Once it is proven false, I discard it and move on, regardless of how good it makes me feel. But I'm glad religion can bring people peace in life. That's not nothing. (I must also mention that an unfathomable number of people have had their lives destroyed by religion as well, though. Let us not overlook that).

Anyways, now that I鈥檝e rambled: the book itself. This was a great and simple read. It only really scratched the surface of the arguments presented, but it did a good enough job to spark the mind. Stephen Hawking was one hell of a man. We won鈥檛 see his like for many generations, perhaps never again. He was a rare breed of genius. Now we appear to be living in a world of imbeciles.
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2,270 reviews191 followers
January 13, 2022
"The Grand Design" is a very deep book from one of the top minds in physics. As such, it is not an easy read. Hawkings takes on some rather large questions. Ranging from "When and how did the universe begin?" or "Why are we here", and even, "Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned?"

Each section of this book, such as "The Rule of Law", look into various thought process in the history of science. We also see how these processes have changed through the years of greater scientific knowledge.

While each section is very informative and very interesting, it is set out in rather complex notions and a somewhat dry delivery. This a book to be read slowly to allow for the big concepts to sink in. Hawkings has a remarkable IQ and it shows in this book. Thus while it is not for everyone and may not be overly accessible to many, but I think this is worth the time of anyone who is interested in the big picture concepts behind physics, told by one of the greatest minds in physics.
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January 31, 2016
亘賽爻賿賲 丕賱賱賴 丕賱賲氐賲賲 丕賱兀毓馗賲 兀亘丿兀 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賷 賱賱鬲氐賲賷賲 丕賱毓馗賷賲 賱爻鬲賷賮賳 賴賵賰賷賳噩
丨鬲賷 賱丕 鬲賰賵賳 賴匕丞 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 賲賵囟賵毓 廿賳卮丕卅賷 爻兀賱噩兀 賱賱鬲乇賰賷夭 賵 丕賱鬲賰孬賷賮 賲丕 廿爻鬲胤毓鬲
鬲賯丿賷賲 :- 賲賳 丕賱賲賮鬲乇囟 兀賳 丕賱賮賷夭賷丕卅賷 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 賲爻鬲乇 賴賵賰賷賳噩 賰鬲亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賳 兀噩賱 廿賷囟丕丨 丕賱鬲氐賲賷賲 丕賱毓馗賷賲 賵 賰賷賮賷丞 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賰賵賳 賲賳 丕賱毓丿賲 貙 賵 賴賵 賰睾賷乇賴 賲賳 丕賱毓賱賲丕亍 賷賳賰乇 賮賰乇丞 賵噩賵丿 賰丕卅賳 賮賵賯賷 兀賵 賲賴賳丿爻 賲氐賲賲 賱賱賰賵賳 賵 賷毓鬲亘乇 匕賱賰 兀爻胤賵乇丞 !!
賵 丕賱乇噩賱 丨丕賵賱 賱賲乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 兀賳 賷丨賱 賲毓囟賱丕鬲 賳卮兀丞 丕賱賰賵賳 賲賳 丕賱毓丿賲 賵 賱賰賳賴 賮卮賱 賵 賱賵 兀賲毓賳鬲 賮賷 丿乇丕爻丞 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賮乇賷丿 賵 兀賳鬲 賲賱丨丿 爻賵賮 鬲賱丨丿 亘廿賱丨丕丿賰 賮賵乇 賳賴丕賷丞 氐賮丨丕鬲賴 丕賱 佗佗伽 :) 責!!!!!!!!
爻兀賯賵賲 亘鬲亘爻賷胤 丕賱賮賰乇丞 :
鬲賯賮 兀賲丕賲 亘乇噩 卮丕賴賯 賱卮乇賰丞 丕賱廿賱賰鬲乇賵賳賷丕鬲 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞 丕賱乇丕卅丿丞 賮賷 賲噩丕賱 丕賱鬲賰賳賵賱賵噩賷丕 賲丕賷賰乇賵爻賵賮鬲 賵 鬲爻兀賱 賳賮爻賰 伽 兀爻卅賱丞 責
佟- 賴賱 賴匕丕 丕賱亘乇噩 賲賵噩賵丿 賮毓賱丕 責!
佗- 賴賱 賲賳 丕賱賲丨鬲賲賱 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賴匕丕 丕賱亘乇噩 卮購賷丿 賲賳 鬲賱賯丕亍 賳賮爻賴 責!
伲- 賴賱 賴匕丕 丕賱亘乇噩 賱賴 賵噩賵丿 丨爻賷 賮賷 丕賱兀亘毓丕丿 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 責!
伽- 賴賱 賴匕丕 丕賱亘乇噩 賱賴 賵噩賵丿 夭賲丕賳賷 賵賲賰丕賳賷 責!
胤亘毓丕 丕賱廿噩丕亘丕鬲 賰賱賴丕 爻賴賱丞 賵 亘丿賷賴賷丞 賱兀賳賳丕 賳鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 亘乇噩 爻賰賳賷 責!
佟- 賲毓賱賵賲 丕賱賵噩賵丿 廿丨鬲賲丕賱賷丞 兀賳賴 睾賷乇 賲賵噩賵丿 鬲丐賵賱 廿賱賷 丕賱氐賮乇
佗- 廿丨鬲賲丕賱賷丞 兀賳賴 兀賳卮兀 賳賮爻賴 賲賳 鬲賱賯丕亍 賳賮爻賴 亘丿賵賳 賲氐賲賲 氐賮乇 兀賷囟丕
伲 - 賴賱 丕賱亘乇噩 賲賵噩賵丿 亘丕賱鬲乇賲賷夭 丕賱亘毓丿賷 賳毓賲 賱賴 x 賵 y 賵 z
伽- 賳毓賱賲 夭賲丕賳 亘丿丕賷丞 鬲卮賷丿賴 賵 毓賲乇賴 丕賱廿賮鬲乇丕囟賷 賵 賲鬲賷 賷噩亘 賴丿賲賴 賳毓賲 賳毓乇賮 責!
賳毓乇賮 賲賰丕賳賴 鬲丨丿賷丿丕 毓賱賷 兀賷 賯胤毓丞 兀乇囟 亘賲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱丿賯丞 賳毓賲 賳毓乇賮 責!
爻賱賷賲 噩丿丕 貙貙 丿毓賵賳丕 賳賴亘胤 賱賳爻賯胤 賴匕丞 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱兀乇亘毓丞 毓賱賷 丕賱亘賳賷丞 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賴賷丞 賮賷 丕賱氐睾乇 ((( 丕賱匕乇丞 )))
賴賱 丕賱亘乇賵鬲賵賳 賲賵噩賵丿 賮毓賱丕 賲孬賱丕 賷賵噩丿 亘乇噩 賲丕賷賰乇賵爻賵賮鬲 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賳乇丕賴 責!
賱丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 廿丨鬲賲丕賱賷丞 賵噩賵丿賴 賵 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 賲孬亘鬲丞 賮賷夭賷賯賷丕 亘賳爻亘丞 侃侃 侏 賷馗賱 丕賱 佟 侏 賱毓丿賲 賵噩賵丿賴 賲賲賰賳 丕賱丨丿賵孬
賴賱 丕賱匕乇丞 鬲賰賵賳鬲 賲賳 鬲賱賯丕亍 賳賮爻賴丕 亘丿賵賳 賲氐賲賲 責!
爻賷賯賵賱 丕賱亘毓囟 賳毓賲 鬲賰賵賳鬲 賲賳 噩爻賷賲丕鬲 兀氐睾乇 亘乇賵鬲賵賳丕鬲 賵 賳賷賵鬲乇賵賳丕鬲 賵 亘賷夭賵鬲乇賵賳丕鬲 賵 賴賰匕丕
爻賱賷賲 賱賵 鬲賰賵賳 亘丿賵賳 鬲氐賲賷賲 賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 賲胤賱賯 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賱賱廿賱賰鬲乇賵賳 賲孬賱丕 賱賷鬲乇賰賴丕 賵賯鬲賲丕 卮丕亍 責!
賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 鬲氐賲賷賲 兀賵 賯丕賳賵賳 賷噩亘乇賴 毓賱賷 睾賷乇 匕賱賰 責! 賵 賴匕丕 賱丕 賷丨丿孬 亘賱 賴賵 賲賯賷丿 賵 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賮丕乇賯 兀亘丿丕 賲丿丕乇賴 亘丿賵賳 賮賯丿 兀賵 夭賷丕丿丞 賮賷 丕賱胤丕賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲毓乇囟 賱賴丕 賳賵丕丞 丕賱毓賳氐乇 責!
賵 賱賵 鬲丨乇賰鬲 賰賱 丕賱廿賱賰鬲乇賵賳丕鬲 爻丕賱亘丞 丕賱卮丨賳丞 亘卮賰賱 鬲賱賯丕卅賷 賵 賱賷爻 毓賱賷賴丕 賯賷賵丿 賱兀賳賴丕 亘乇賮賯丞 丕賱亘乇賵鬲賵賳丕鬲 賵 丕賱亘賷夭賵鬲乇賵賳丕鬲 賰賵賳鬲 匕乇丞 賲賳 鬲賱賯丕亍 賳賮爻賴丕 丕丨丿孬鬲 賮賵囟賷 噩夭賷卅丞 賲丿賲乇丞 毓賱賷 兀賷 鬲賮丕毓賱 賰賷賲賷丕卅賷 責! 廿匕賳 賴賳丕賰 鬲氐賲賷賲 責!
賴賱 賱賱匕乇丞 兀亘毓丕丿 孬賱丕孬丞 爻賷夭丿丕丿 丕賱胤賷賳 亘賱丞 賱賴丕 兀亘毓丕丿 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 孬賱丕孬丞 亘賰孬賷乇 責!
賴賱 賷賲賰賳 鬲丨丿賷丿 賲賰丕賳賴丕 兀賵 夭賲丕賳賴丕 責!
爻賳賯毓 賮賷 丨賷乇丞 賲囟賳賷丞 丕賱廿賱賰鬲乇賵賳 賷丿賵乇 賮賷 賲丿丕乇 賴賵 丕賱兀賵乇亘賷鬲丕賱 賱賳賮鬲乇囟 兀賳賴 賲賰丕賳賴 賴賱 賷賲賰賳 鬲丨丿賷丿 賲賰丕賳賴 責!
賱鬲丨丿賷丿 賲賰丕賳賴 賷噩亘 鬲丨丿賷丿 爻乇毓鬲賴 賵 賱鬲丨丿賷丿 爻乇毓鬲賴 賷噩亘 丨爻丕亘 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賯胤毓賴丕 賮賷 夭賲賳 賲毓賷賳 責!
賵 賲丨丕賵賱丞 鬲丨賷丿 毓賳氐乇 賲賳 賴匕丞 丕賱毓賳丕氐乇 賮賷 氐賵乇丞 孬丕亘鬲 賱丨爻丕亘 丕賱兀禺乇 爻鬲爻賮乇 亘丕賱賯胤毓 毓賳 賳鬲賷噩丞 賲囟賱賱丞 責!
亘賱 兀賳賰 兀爻丕爻丕 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 毓賳丕氐乇 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 丕賱爻賱賵賰 賲孬賱 丕賱囟賵亍 爻賱賵賰賴 丕賱噩賲毓賷 賰賲賵噩丞 賵 鬲氐乇賮 匕乇丕鬲賴 丕賱賮乇丿賷丞 丕賱賮賵鬲賵賳丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲丕 賵 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲賳亘兀 亘爻賱賵賰 丕賱噩賲丕毓丞 賲賳 賲毓乇賮丞 爻賱賵賰 賮乇丿 賵丕丨丿 賵 丕賱毓賰爻 氐丨賷丨 責!
廿匕丕 賳氐賱 賱丨賯賷賯丞 賲賮丕丿賴丕 賮卮賱賳丕 賮賷 鬲胤亘賷賯 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷丞 丕賱毓賱賲賷丞 毓賳 丕賱匕乇丞 責!
賱賳匕賴亘 賱賱廿噩丕亘丞 毓賳 丕賱賳賵丕丞 丕賱賰亘乇賷 賱賱賰賵賳 責!
賴賱 鬲賵噩丿 賲噩乇丞 睾賷乇 賲噩乇鬲賳丕 賮毓賱丕 責!
爻賷丨丿孬賳丕 丕賱亘毓囟 廿賳賴丕 賲賵噩賵丿丞 賵 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賳乇丕賴丕 亘兀賷 賲爻亘丕乇 賰賵賳賷 賵 賱賰賳賴丕 乇亘賲丕 亘毓賷丿丞 噩丿丕 賱鬲賲丿丿 丕賱賰賵賳 丕賱丿丕卅賲
兀賵 廿賳賴丕 賲丕 夭丕賱鬲 賮賷 胤賵乇 丕賱廿賳賮噩丕乇 丕賱毓馗賷賲 賵 賱賲 鬲亘乇丿 賱鬲鬲卮賰賱 亘毓丿 責! 賱賳爻賱賲 噩丿賱丕 亘丨賯賷賯丞 匕賱賰.
賵 賳匕賴亘 賱賱爻丐丕賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賴賱 丨丿孬 丕賱廿賳賮噩丕乇 丕賱兀毓馗賲 賲賳 鬲賱賯丕亍 賳賮爻賴 責!
賮賷 兀爻丕爻賷丕鬲 毓賱賲 丕賱賰賷賲賷丕亍 賮賷 丕賱賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱廿亘鬲丿丕卅賷丞 丿乇爻 賱賳丕 兀賳賴 丕賱鬲賮丕毓賱丕鬲 丕賱囟禺賲丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 賱毓夭賱 匕乇丕鬲 孬賯賷賱丞 鬲丨鬲丕噩 毓賵丕賲賱 賲丨賮夭丞 賱亘丿亍 丕賱鬲賮丕毓賱 賮賰賷賮 亘鬲賮丕毓賱 爻賷賳鬲噩 丕賱賰賵賵賵賵賵賵賵賵賵賵賵賳 丕賱毓馗賷賲 亘兀賰賲賱賴 賷丕 賲爻鬲乇 賴賵賰賷賳噩 責!!!!!!!
乇亘賲丕 賰賳鬲 爻兀毓鬲亘乇賰 丨賰賷賲丕 賵 兀乇賮毓 賱賰 丕賱賯亘毓丞 賱賵 賯賱鬲 兀賳 丕賱賲氐賲賲 丕賱兀毓馗賲 廿賳賲丕 賮賯胤 鬲賰乇賲 賵 兀卮毓賱 毓賵丿 孬賯丕亘 亘丿兀 亘賴 丕賱廿賳賮噩丕乇 丕賱賰賵賳賷 丕賱賰亘賷乇 孬賲 兀禺鬲賮賷 責! 賱賰賳賰 賱賲 鬲賯賱 匕賱賰 :)
賵 鬲氐亘丨 丕賱廿噩丕亘丞 毓賳 爻丐丕賱 丕賱兀亘毓丕丿 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 爻賴賱丞 兀賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 孬賱丕孬丞 兀亘毓丕丿 毓丿丿 賱丕 賳賴丕卅賷 賲賳 廿丨鬲賲丕賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賵丕噩丿 賵 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲丨丿賷丿 賲賰丕賳 兀賷 噩乇賲 爻賲丕賵賷 亘丿賯丞 亘丕賱睾丞 賱兀賳賴 賷亘毓丿 爻賳賷賳 囟賵卅賷丞 毓賳丕 責 賵 丕賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱賱鬲賷 賳賱鬲賯胤賴丕 賱賴 亘丕賱賲爻亘丕乇 丕賱賰賵賳賷 鬲賰賵賳 丕賳毓丕賰爻 賱鬲丨乇賰賴 賵 賷賰賵賳 乇亘賲丕 睾丕丿乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賲賳 兀賱賵賮 丕賱爻賳賷賳 責!
賵 賷賯賮 丕賱毓賱賲 毓丕噩夭丕 兀賷囟丕 毓賳 丕賱鬲賮爻賷乇 責!!!!!!!!
賴匕丞 毓氐丕乇丞 賲丕 鬲丨丿孬 毓賳賴 賴賵賰賷賳噩 賮賷 丕賱鬲氐賲賷賲 丕賱毓馗賷賲 賲乇賵乇丕 亘丕賱兀爻丕胤賷乇 丕賱賷賵賳丕賳賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賵 賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丕鬲 廿爻丨丕賯 賳賷賵鬲賳 賵 賲賷賰丕賳賷賰丕 丕賱賰賲 賵 賳爻亘賷丞 廿賷賳卮鬲賷賳 賵 賳馗乇賷丞 賮丕賷賳賲丕賳 賵 丕賱廿賳賮噩丕乇 丕賱賰亘賷乇 賵 丕賱孬賯亘 丕賱兀爻賵丿 賵 丕賱爻賵亘乇 賳賵賮丕 賵 丕賱賳馗乇賷丞 廿賲 責!

__ 丕賱乇噩賱 亘毓丿賲丕 丿丨囟 兀賷 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 賱賯丿乇丞 丕賱毓賯賱 丕賱亘卮乇賷 毓賱賷 丕賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 賰賷賮賷丞 賳卮兀丞 丕賱賰賵賳 兀賵 丨鬲賷 廿丿乇丕賰 丕賱匕乇丞 兀賵 丕賱賲噩乇丞 亘兀亘毓丕丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 賲賳 夭賲丕賳 賵 賲賰丕賳 賵 卮賰賱 賵 噩賷賵丿賷爻賷丞 賵 亘毓丿 兀孬亘鬲 丕賱丿賯丞 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賴賷丞 賮賷 鬲氐賲賷賲 丕賱賰賵賳 丕賱毓馗賷賲 兀乇丕丿 兀賳 賷禺亘乇賳丕 兀賳 賰賱 賴匕丕 亘丿兀 亘卮賰賱 鬲賱賯丕卅賷 賴賰匕丕 賲丨囟 氐丿賮丞 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱賲丨賰賲 賰賱賴 賷噩亘 兀賳 賳氐丿賯 兀賳 賲丨賰賲 賴賰匕丕 鬲賱賯丕卅賷丕 兀賵 亘賲丨囟 丕賱氐丿賮丞 賵 賱賰賳 兀賳 賳毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 孬賲丞 禺丕賱賯 毓賱賷賲 毓馗賷賲 賯丿賷乇 賴賵 賲賳 爻賳 賳賵丕賲賷爻賴 賴賵 賮賰乇 賷毓亘乇 毓賳 丕賱賳賯氐 丕賱亘卮乇賷 責!
賰賵賰亘 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱賵丨賷丿 丕賱賲丐賴賱 賱賱丨賷丕丞 亘賲丨囟 丕賱氐丿賮丞 賵 丕賱賲丕亍 賷鬲賰賵賳 賲賳 毓賳氐乇賷賳 賲賳 丕賱賲賵丕丿 丕賱賲卮鬲毓賱丞 賵 丕賱賲爻丕毓丿丞 毓賱賷 丕賱廿卮鬲毓丕賱 賵 賱丕 賷卮鬲毓賱 兀賷囟丕 亘卮賰賱 鬲賱賯丕卅賷 囟乇亘丞 丨馗 亘賵賵賵賵賵賵賵賲 亘賷噩 亘丕賳噩 賵 賴賰匕丕 亘丿兀 丕賱賰賵賳 責!

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March 30, 2023
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5,133 reviews1,360 followers
March 6, 2015
I was given this book as a reward for helping a friend pick up and deliver newly purchased furniture. As is the case with most such gifts, I began to read it immediately.

I was almost immediately turned off by the text owing to an extraordinary display of ignorance on the part of the authors and the editors, a mistake appearing in the first few pages in their lead-up to what is supposed to be a survey of the history of physics as germinated in Ionian philosophy. Here they note in passing that writing was first employed around 7000 BCE. In fact, so far as we've evidence, writing first appeared about 6000 years ago, in Sumer in approximately 4000 BCE.

To make matters worse the authors go on glibly to dismiss philosophy as defunct--not too surprising as their review of it doesn't display much familiarity with the discipline.

Beyond this, I found the jokes peppering this slim volume condescending yet sophomoric, unfunny and far too frequent.

As regards the physics, I'm hardly qualified the judge, lacking as I do the background in mathematics and research physics to evaluate their positions. However, as someone with some background in philosophy and in the history of science, I find nothing original in their M theory business, such contextualization being rather old hat.

There are many fine books written for generalists which attempt to explain modern cosmology and microphysics. This is not one of them.
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4 reviews2 followers
October 26, 2010
After reading Bill Bryson's and Brian Greene's , I felt that I might finally be ready for my first Hawking book. There were a couple of sections that I re-read, in an attempt to make concrete some of the more abstract aspects of m-theory. Despite my rudimentary understanding of quantum physics, I still gleaned a great deal from this book and would recommend it to anyone who is even mildly curious. Those who have a more advanced education in physics may find this book too basic, especially the earlier chapters.
Questions such as "What occurred before the big bang?" and "what instigated the creation of the universe?" are addressed in the last chapter, and the earlier chapters build up a nice base of prior research for those unfamiliar with m-theory.
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149 reviews18 followers
June 18, 2023
Great book, it had a lot of what I like to see in literature, including (but not limited to) middle fingers being thrown to psychologists and religious zealots lol.

The authors took some cheap shots at a few respectable philosophers but made a really strong case as to why science is the new oracle of objective reality.

The authors touched on their views on free will, giving a strong case for it not existing. I agree with this I believe we are all like Roomba鈥檚 we have somewhat of a set path and when we reach an obstacle we recalibrate and go to a new set path.

I learned a few science-y things but as I always say they are a bit above my station. Maybe I will avoid embarrassing myself in creation arguments as a result of reading this book. It鈥檚 too bad this particular copy was published before the discovery of the boson particle, would have loved to see Hawking鈥檚 thoughts on that in regards to everything he wrote about in this piece, although I鈥檓 sure I could find his opinions if I tried.

All in all it was a good read, not too long and digestible for the non-science minded.
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Author听4 books208 followers
July 9, 2015
Once again, I am awed and blown away by the f'ing awesomeness of the universe, and it struck me how presumptuous many of us are considering our insignificance in the grand scope of things.

I have two science based degrees, but Physics was never my strong suit, and I'd be lying if I said everything in his book made perfect sense. On the flip side, I had several light bulb moments, which is always nice.

Among other things, Hawking makes a few great points particularly about the essence of "reality."

And this passage below, which touches on free will, intrigued me.

How can one tell if a being has free will? If one encounters an alien, how can one tell if it is just a robot or it has a mind of its own? The behavior of a robot would be completely determined, unlike that of a being with free will. Thus one could in principle detect a robot as a being whose actions can be predicted. As we said in Chapter 2, this may be impossibly difficult if the being is large and complex. We cannot even solve exactly the equations for three or more particles interacting with each other. Since an alien the size of a human would contain about a thousand trillion trillion particles even if the alien were a robot, it would be impossible to solve the equations and predict what it would do. We would therefore have to say that any complex being has free will--not as a fundamental feature, but as an effective theory, an admission of our inability to do the calculation that would enable us to predict its actions.

So basically free will is an illusion, but given our inability to tease out all the complex biological processes that contribute to behavior, it is a good working theory for practical purposes. Thought this was an interesting way of looking at it.

Worthy book, well written, and as good an attempt as any to simplify some very complex topics.
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