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Originally Posted by starlooker
I think the problem I had when I first tried to read it was that I was focussed wayyy too much on the formulas, trying to understand each and every one. And of course, the formulas are presented as is, with no underlying explanation has to how they were derived.
This time around, I might just ignore the formulas and concentrate on the theory.  |
from memory-its been a long time since I read this book- Hawking says in his forward that his publisher said sales of the book would halve for every formula..so they compromised and included only one -
the obvious one of course
you must be thinking of some other book
there is another version - "A briefer history of time"-that was published more recently
Though "a short history of time was a best seller"-it probably remains one of the top of the list of
unread best sellers
like Salman Rushdie's Midnights children
reminds me of another Hawking book
I used to have the audio book of "The Universe in a Nutshell"..when the kids were younger, every time we went on a road trip, they would request this CD
usually they were fast asleep before we reached chapter 2
