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The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (Hardcover)

by Stephen W. Hawking (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 136 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix Books; Special edition (28 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1597775088
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597775083
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 17 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 264,093 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Hawking has disowned this book, 22 Mar 2007
By JS Halton (Orpington, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Stephen Hawking's home page states that he hasn't endorsed this book and that "a complaint was made to the Federal Trade Commission in the US in the hope that they would prevent the publication". The site urges people "not to purchase this book in the belief that Professor Hawking was involved in its creation."
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17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars hawking...decipherable at last, 9 Jan 2004
This review is from: The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (Hardcover)
i must admit that when i was first introduced to stephen hawking's books i did regard them as far too heavy. but when i came across this, and bought it, i realised truly how amazing he is at putting forward complex concepts in an entirely understandable way. it's almost like reading a normal novel as bed-time reading!
clearly the grey matter inside the book is extensive, but i would recommend it to anyone hoping to gain more of an insight into our complex universe without passing out.
God bless prof. stephen hawking!
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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The answer is 42., 18 Nov 2003
This review is from: The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (Paperback)
Fascinating, but extremely brief. At only 167 pages, I read the
book, cover to conver in less than 2 hours. I can't say I'm
dissapointed, but I'd have liked a little more at this price.

Content focusses on the successive models and theories that
science has employed to discover the inner workings of the world
around us. Including much of Hawkings on work on black holes,
theories on the expansion and contraction of the universe, and
the 'direction' of time.

A little more content would easily have cranked this up to 5 star
material. I'm giving it 4 starts only becuase it's a little short.
Good stuff!

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