Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Illustrated a Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawing

Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." --Therese Littleton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

C莉,被你截足先登,不過這本是圖解,易看點。十幾年前買下,還末看。

6 comments:

silly pig said...

哈哈哈~~「十幾年前買下,還末看。」

係呀,香港書展黎緊喇,又係時候揀定想買咩書喇。

不如你做定research話我知你想買咩書,我幫你買完再寄俾你啦~唔駛擔心我拿唔起好多書,因為我每年都去2次的呢。

Edward Chiu said...

買書係有時係滿足自己的購買及佔有慾。但現在巳加緊學習放開 (detach) 了。

多謝你的好意,我真係有好多書想擁有。不過我們相識還淺,末係時候要欠你債,哈哈。

若你滿戴而歸,一定要貼上來切分享。

silly pig said...

喔!

silly pig said...

兄台言重喇

我為人只是比較熱情和好幫人,除了designer ,我差不多每星期都跟義務團體幫助有需要的人。

欠債呢家野,我欠別人的就多,從不會認為別人有欠過我。

若我滿戴而歸,有時間的話一定貼上來分享。

Edward Chiu said...

乖女咯。咁用幫我的quota,幫有需要的人吧!得閒同我講兩句巳經好好了。

silly pig said...

哈哈~~何只講2句,講10句都得。
不過, 出黎做野一陣子, 發覺自己好唔健談。係對住D「老死」先可以講好多野~HAHA