Hawking a book

[Ant]

OK I know it's neither hardware nor software but they do come in hardback

Just wondered if anyone had any opinions on the best book to get. Stephen Hawkin's the Universe In a Nutshell or his updated and expanded (and illustrated) A Brief History of Time?

[Sasq]

I found a Brief history of time very interesting, if somewhat a little mind bending at times.

Dan

[DentyCracker]

I also found "A Brief History of Time" quite interesting. I may even go buy it now that you mention it.

[Electric Amish]

"A Brief History of Time' is a pretty sweet book.

I ought to read it again.

If you're ready for more after that, get "Hyperspace" by Michio Kaku.

amish

[GNEP]

Brief History of Time is an excellent book - but only if you are interested in physics/astronomy on a general level anyway.

The Universe in a Nutshell is more colourful, but I would say less of a good read. More of a coffee-table book (except not like Madonna's...)

I bought the Nutshell one for my younger brother (he is 15 and also called Ant - we didn't like Tony!), and he seems to be quite enjoying it. More of a book to dip in and out of though, imho.

Regards

gnep

[Ant]

I might start off with Nutshell and if I can get my head around it move on to History

[GNEP]

Also very good (if dated) is "Relativity for the Layman" - I forget who by but you should be able to find it. It also has the benefit of being nice and short. But you probably already have the basics of special and general relativity.

And "The Emporer's (sp?) New Mind" by Roger Penrose has a good "tour" of modern-ish physics - you can ignore the rest of the book if not interested.

gnep

[xortam]

How do you use these things, "books"? Do they require a docking station? What is their battery life? What is the screen size, resolution, color-depth? Are they upgradeable? I've heard of them but I've never seen one in person.

[MadScot]

There is a reason "A Brief History of Time" is SH's best know work: it is a fasacinating and excellently written book! I highly recomend it if you have any interest in physics.

MadScot

[Ant]

I have an interest in physics, just don't understand it! Hey I'm a biochemist

[Fenrir(AVA)]

The two books are basically the same, they are just written diffrently, since a brief history of time alot of people did not understand his method of writting. The universe in a nutshell is pretty much the same thing as brief history of time, just a diffrent style of writting. His new one is great to The Theory of Everything, but it is done in a way that is an add-on to Universe in a Nut Shell/Brief History of Time.

[Technoid]

Originally posted by xortam
How do you use these things, "books"? Do they require a docking station? What is their battery life? What is the screen size, resolution, color-depth? Are they upgradeable? I've heard of them but I've never seen one in person.

They uplink directly to your brain through your eyes which enables them to use your brains full capacity for Video and sound effects!

[Fenrir(AVA)]

Hey if any of you are intrested in speed reading I can really recommened a program called EyeQ it works, even gives you graphical charts showing your progress. You can check it out at http://www.infmind.com First web sample I took my reading speed was 283 WPM after one 15-minute test it went to 318WPM. Not bad hey.

[Dr Mordrid]

Originally posted by Ant
I have an interest in physics, just don't understand it! Hey I'm a biochemist

Chemistry, even biochemistry, are sub-branches of Physics....you guys just don't want to acknowledge the fact

Dr. Mordrid

[Znucke]

It was a couple of years ago I read "A Brief History of Time", IMHO it's easy to read and quite interesting, especially the parts about black holes and the destiny of the universe.