The Universe In A Nutshell..-

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A Number Of Years Ago Stephen Hawking Wrote A Book That Became, It Is Said, One Of The Bestselling, Unread Books Of All Time--a Brief History Of Time. Now, I, Being A Physicist And Teacher Myself, Actually Read The Book When It Came Out And Enjoyed It Immensely, Though I Admit It Has Its Flaws. His New Book Has Many Of The Same Strengths And Flaws.

there Is No Doubt That Hawking Loves His Work And It Is Always Fun To Read Someone Who Gets That Love Across In Their Writing. He Covers A Number Of Inherently Fascinating Topics--the Birth Of The Universe, Black Holes, Time Travel, Etc.--and Offers Reasonable Explanations Of These Phenomena. This Book Also Has The Advantage Of Being Beautifully Made And Offering Much More In The Way Of Illustrations Than A Brief History Of Time Does To Help Visualize The Difficult Concepts He Is Describing. It Is In Some Ways A Coffee Table Book Of Cutting Edge Physics.

on The Other Hand, The Concepts Described Are Difficult And No Number Of Illustrations Is Going To Change That. Hawking Himself Says He Tried To Write A Simpler Book This Time But He Only Partially Succeeds. Most Of The World Has A Difficult Time Grasping Einstein's Four Dimensional Spacetime Let Alone Higher Dimensional Spaces, Flexible Time And Branes.

additionally, Though Hawking Always Gives Credit Where Credit Is Due, He's Not Above Tooting His Own Horn And A Current Of Arrogance Runs Through His Text. The Explanations He Offers Are His Own And He Often Seems Close-Minded To Other Ideas. Not That I'm Against This, Per Se. As I Tell My Students, Confidence In The Fact That You Can Get The Right Answer Is A Main Ingredient Of Genius. It Keeps Someone Like Hawking Working Through His Unique Ideas To Their Conclusion. Without That Confidence, No New And World-Changing Thoughts Would Find Their Way To Us. Still, It Can Be Off-Putting And Some Readers Might Not Realize There Are Other Theories Out There.

ultimately, However, This Is A Book Worth Reading. Particularly If You Like Science And You Can Open Your Mind To Multi-Dimensional Spaces. Hawking's Ideas Fire The Mind And Get You Wondering About What The Universe Is Really Like Whether Or Not You Understand Him Or Believe Him.

Sobre o autor(a)

Hawking, Stephen

STEPHEN HAWKING foi professor lucasiano por trinta anos da Universidade de Cambridge – uma das mais prestigiosas cátedras de matemática do mundo, já ocupada por Isaac Newton –, exerceu o cargo de diretor de pesquisa do Departamento de Matemática Aplicada e Física Teórica e fundou o Centro de Cosmologia Teórica da instituição. Considerado um dos físicos mais importantes da história, recebeu inúmeros prêmios e honrarias, incluindo a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade, a maior condecoração civil dos Estados Unidos. Além de Uma breve história do tempo, seus livros para o público geral são O universo numa casca de noz, Buracos negros e a autobiografia Minha breve história, lançados pela Intrínseca, e também O grande projeto e coletânea de ensaios Buracos negros, universos-bebês. Hawking morreu em 2018, aos 76 anos, em Cambridge.

ISBN	9780553802023
Autor(a)	Hawking, Stephen
Editora	Bantam Dell
Idioma	Inglês Americano
Ano de edição	2001
Páginas	216
Acabamento	Capa Dura
Dimensões	26,00 X 20,30