Book Review: Brief History of Time

SUMMARY:

The book "Brief History of Time" is a modern physics compilation which constitutes the first book of Dr. Stephen Hawkings.

In this book the author talks about all the current areas of physics and its history. The fields that are more deeply explained in the book are: gravitation, relativity, standard model of particles, time travelling, cosmology, Big Bang's confirmation and quantum mechanics.

It's a very lineal story, like a biography of our universe. It begins with a quite simple theory: The Big Bang. It explains the Big Bang phenomena with all it's consequences, explaining how it works and its consequences. From that point, all the relativity mechanics are exposed one by one. From chapter 5 on, the book becomes more technical, and it requires a bit more of experience in modern physics. But in the end, the conclusion is written in a very plain language that allows the reader to get a better image of the universe.

REVIEW:

I've personally enjoyed this reading because the topic is really attractive for me, but not just for that. I've enjoyed the book as a physics class. My imagination has enhanced its limits, so know I'm able to think the universe as something that I would never have considered. The way it has twisted my mind has also been determinating for my future aspirations, but this is another story...

The literary tool which is more recurrent is the metaphoric language, as it's very difficult to explain an abstract theory with no examples. The way it's used is very easy to understand, because the examples are very usual and concrete, so an average reader with average knowledge of physics is more than able to read, understand and enjoy this book.

The only thing I didn't like at some points could be the excess of examples that make it a little heavy for those who understand the theories easily.

I highly recommend this book as a scientific reading rather than an entertainment book, but I recommend it anyways. Enjoy your reading and give me some feedback if you enjoyed!

I leave a video here for you to make an idea of how the book is!